Tag: 1950 General Election

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Tottenham

CANDIDATE : Faulkner

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Wo. Cdr. P. J. Faulkner was born in 1895 of Ulster stock. He is a B.Sc. (Econ.) and a well-known lecturer and writer on industry and economics. He worked underground as a miner for a time to gain practical experience. One of the Conservative Party’s authorities on trade union matters, he has represented the party in debates with?prominent Labour personalities all over the country. An infantry officer in the 1914-18 war, he served with the R.A.F. in the last war.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wallsend

CANDIDATE : Appleby

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. F. M. Appleby is the head of a century-old firm of solicitors in Newcastle-on-Tyne. A son of Sir Alfred Appleby, he was born in 1904 and educated at Rugby and Oxford. He has been deputy coroner for Newcastle since 1935, and was for four years under-sheriff. He is chairman of the political council of the Northern Conservative Club, and was a squadron leader in the R.A.F. during the war.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Watford

CANDIDATE : Bemrose

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Bemrose is assistant managing director of the family printing business, and has lived in Watford for 15 years. He was educated at Derby, Brighton College (of which he is a governor), and Cambridge, where he played Rugby for the university and got his half-blue for swimming and water polo. He was a lecturer to the Forces on current affairs during the war.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : West Ham North

CANDIDATE : Phillips

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. L. Phillips, aged 33, was public relations officer with the Ministry of Fuel and Power, but resigned to contest the election. He has travelled extensively in South America.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Willesden West

CANDIDATE : Michaelson

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Michaelson is 38 and lives at Hendon. He is chairman of the National Council of Shop Stewards and editor of its journal. During the war he was on munitions service. A member of the A.E.U. he is vice-president of Hendon Trades Council.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wood Green

CANDIDATE : Ellis

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. P. J. Ellis, who is aged 35, is an engineer and company director. An organist and composer, he has been an amateur member of the B.B.C. chorus and the Westminster Abbey special choir. He is on the executive of the London Liberal Party, and unsuccessfully fought Dulwich in 1945.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bedfordshire Mid

CANDIDATE : Martell

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. K. Martell was also a candidate at the 1945 election, gaining only 2,313 votes fewer than Mr. Lennox-Boyd. Aged 39, he was educated at Bedford School and is a solicitor and partner in a London firm. He is a member of the Home Counties executive and of the council of the Liberal Party.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wokingham

CANDIDATE : McQuade

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. McQuade, an architect and surveyor, aged 47, was educated at Middlesbrough, where he was born, and St. Mary’s College, Hammersmith. He is a fellow of the Faculty of Architects and before the war was a member of the panel set up by the Federation of Residents’ and Tenants’ Associations to advise on matters concerning speculative building.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Cambridgeshire

CANDIDATE : Howlett

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. T. Howlett, born in 1893, has specialized in poultry farming for 30 years, and served many years as a parish councillor, rural district councillor, and county councillor. He is managing director and chairman of an egg packing station at Soham, and has been a member of the council of the Poultry Association of Great Britain since 1935.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Northwich

CANDIDATE : Mapp

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. Mapp, a railway clerk aged 47, is chairman of Altrincham and Sale Labour Party. A prominent member of the Railway Clerks’ Association, he is now chairman of the South Lancashire Divisional Council. He has served on Sale Borough Council.

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