CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dagenham
CANDIDATE : Bridges
PARTY : Comm.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. G. Bridges, a marine engineer fitter, born in Scotland, is one of the leaders of the London District Communist Party.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Doncaster
CANDIDATE : Gunter
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. R. J. Gunter, who won South – East Essex for the Labour Party in 1945, was born in 1909. In his four years’ service with the Royal Engineers in the war, he was a staff captain at Movement Control H.Q. in Iraq. He has been a branch official of the Railway Clerks’ Association since he was 20. He is a Methodist and a local preacher.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : East Ham North
CANDIDATE : Carroll
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Capt. J. J. Carroll, is 34, has been serving in the Royal Corps of Signals in Hamburg, and was given leave to contest the election. Born in Southern Ireland, he joined the Territorial Army in 1939 and served in North Africa, Italy, Austria, Egypt, Palestine, and Germany. He was commissioned in 1941 and promoted captain the same year. He was a major in the Tank Corps 1943-48.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Enfield West
CANDIDATE : Jenkins
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. H. G. Jenkins attended Enfield Grammar School. During the war he served with the R.A.F., and gained the rank of Fit. Lt. Later he was attached to the Government of Burma as director of English programmes with Rangoon Radio. He is research and publicity officer of the National Union of Bank Employees.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Gillingham
CANDIDATE : Burden
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. F. A. Burden, who is engaged in the .y * ?’^>…. import and export busi- *§T ness, was born in 1905 hi and educated at Chelsea. During the last war he served in the R.A.F., first with a Polish unit, afterwards with Eastern 1 Air Command, and later on Lord Louis Mount-batten’s staff. He has three times previously sought to enter Parliament. He was at one time British schools boxing champion.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harrow Central
CANDIDATE : Murrell
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. N. W. Murrell, a 33 year old schoolmaster, volunteered as a candidate after the appeal for candidates by Col. Byers, the Liberal Chief Whip. He was educated at St. Luke’s College, Exeter, and Trinity College, London, and served during the war as a captain in the Royal Artillery.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hayes and Harlington
CANDIDATE : Lett
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. J. W. Lett was born in Rangoon in 1921 and is a schoolmaster in a Home Office approved school. He was formerly an accountant and youth leader. He is a federal unionist, member of the British Legion, and of numerous Roman Catholic organizations.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hornsey
CANDIDATE : Pestell
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. R. Pestell was for 14 years a probation officer in London, and a founder member of the Marriage Guidance Council. He has lectured extensively on marriage and family problems. Born in 1910, he studied economics and social science in the University of London and later became leader of the Stoke Newington borough council and mayor of the borough, and also a member of the London County Council.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ilford South
CANDIDATE : Kelly
PARTY : Comm.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. D. Kelly, aged 30, and the spn of a miner, is a research scientist. He left Leeds University to join the R.A.F. at the beginning of the war, but a bad crash cut short his flying career in 1941. He came to Ilford in 1943 and was soon afterwards appointed branch secretary of the Communist Party in the borough.
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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kingston upon Hull North
CANDIDATE : Hudson
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. W. R. A. Hudson, who was born in 1894, is chairman and managing director of a multiple provision stores in Hull, and of four associated companies. He is chairman of the council of the Institute of Certified Grocers. He saw service in the 1914-18 war, and was sheriff of Hull, 1946-47.
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