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 : Croydon East

CANDIDATE : Williams

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Sir Herbert Williams, who is 66, represented South Croydon from 1932 until 1945. He sat for Reading from 1924 to 1929, and in 1928-29 was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade. An engineer, he is associated with many trade and industrial organizations. He was chairman of the executive of the London Conservative Union, and a member of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on national expenditure from 1939 to 1944. He is honorary secretary of the Empire Economic Union, and was knighted in 1939.

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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 : Darlington

CANDIDATE : Rogers

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. V. Rogers was the Liberal candidate in 1945. Aged 33, he took an honours degree in law at Oxford, and now practises as a barrister on the North-Eastern Circuit. He served in the war in the Fleet Air Arm as lieutenant-commander and later lectured under the naval education scheme.

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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 : Droylsden

CANDIDATE : Johnson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. S. T. Johnson, who fought Lancaster as a Liberal in 1945, joined the Conservative Party the next year. Born in 1897, he served with the 16th Lancers in France and Belgium in 1914-18 and was awarded the M.C. He then joined a firm of wire manufacturers, and later spent seven years cattle ranching in British Columbia, returning to England in 1931 to train racehorses. He rejoined the Army in 1940 and served at the R.A.O.C. depot at Catterick.

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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 : East Ham South

CANDIDATE : Borrott

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. A. Borrott, a transport manager, was born in 1909 and educated at llford County High School. He lived in Barking for some years and was on the committee of the ratepayers’ association. His father was a policeman. Mr. Borrott lives at Brighton and is a keen cricketer, playing for East Brighton.

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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 : Eton and Slough

CANDIDATE : Cobb

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. E. C. Cobb was M.P. for Preston, 1936-45, and transferred to Eton and Slough at the last election, when he was defeated by Mr. Benn Levy. Born in 1891 and educated at St. Paul’s School, London, and Sandhurst, he joined The Northamptonshire Regiment in 1911 and saw active service in the 1914-18 war, being mentioned in dispatches and awarded the D.S.O. While a member he was Parliamentary private secretary to several Ministers.

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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 : Gloucester

CANDIDATE : Kershaw

PARTY : C. and Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Kershaw, aged 34, is a company Erector and a barrister, though not in practice. At the beginning of the war he served in th nondon River Police. He later served in we Royal Artillery in the ranks, and by the end oi the war had been promoted lieutenant-colonel at the Staff College. A keen sportsman he has played Rugby football for the Harlequins. Has been a member of the L.C.C.

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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 : Harrow East

CANDIDATE : Banks

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. A. H. Banks, aged 30, was educated at Alpha Preparatory School, Harrow, and University College School, Hampstead. Before the war he was secretary of Kenton Liberal Association, and in the war served in The King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Royal Artillery, and as intelligence officer at Eighth Army headquarters. He has been on the executive of the London Liberal Speakers’ Training Association.

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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 : Hendon North

CANDIDATE : Gould

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. B. Ayrton Gould had four electoral contests before being returned for N. Hendon in 1945. Educated at Notting Hill High School and University College, London, she was publicity manager of the Daily Herald, 1919-21. For the following 18 years she did voluntary work for the Union of General and Municipal Workers. In 1929-31 she served on the Royal Commission on the Civil Service, and in 1932 was acting Chief Woman Officer of the Labour Party. She was chairman of the Party 1939-40. She is vice-chairman of the British 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 : Hove

CANDIDATE : Colclough

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. R. Colclough, aged 44, is a barrister and a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. F?r five years a trooper in the Inns of Court Regiment he was commissioned at the outbreak of war and later held a staff appointment. He was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge and at the London School of Economics.

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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 : Ipswich

CANDIDATE : Seward

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Seward, an engineer, of Aylesbury, is 42 and was educated at Dover College. He entered the firm of Thornycrofts and went to India, and joined Rootes and General Motors on returning to England. He is now in a family motor business.

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