CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Walthamstow East
CANDIDATE : Barber
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. D. H. Barber is a publisher and author. Born in 1907, he was in early life a bank clerk. He served in the war with the Royal Engineers and the Africa Pioneer Corps, and was demobilized with the rank of captain.
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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 : Wembley North
CANDIDATE : Bullus
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. E. E. Bullus, born in 1906 and educated at Leeds University, is a journalist. He entered Leeds City Coun- * cil at the age of 23, -,gm *ZSF ;r and served until joining the R.A.F.V.R. in 1940. During the war he served on Lord Mount-batten’s staff in South-East Asia. He is secretary of the London Municipal Society and a member of Harrow Urban District 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 : West Ham South
CANDIDATE : de la Motte
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mrs. M. De La Motte was born in Johannesburg in 1912 and came to England at the age of 10. Prior to the war she was assistant secretary to the National Fitness Council for Shropshire and Herefordshire, and on the outbreak of war she joined the B.B.C. She was next regional organizer for the W.V.S. in London. Since the war her work with the W.V.S. has included assisting with the promotion of home help schemes.
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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 : Wolverhampton North East
CANDIDATE : Holland
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. A. G. H. Holland, who comes from Acocks Green, Birmingham, is a member of the central office staff of the West Midlands Area Conservative and Unionist Association, For 16 years he represented Lancashire, Cheshire and Westmorland as labour advisory delegate on the executive committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations.
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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 : Worthing
CANDIDATE : Prior-Palmer
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Brig. O. L. Prior-Palmer was first returned in 1945 for the old Worthing division of West Sussex. Aged 52, he was educated at Wellington and Sandhurst, and commissioned in 1916 in the 9th Lancers. In the war he commanded an armoured brigade in Italy. He has travelled extensively and is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
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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 : Abingdon
CANDIDATE : McCullagh
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. R. J. McCullagh, who is in an export business and was formerly sales and general manager for an office machinery firm, was born in 1908 and was educated in Australia and London School of Economics. He was chairman of St. Marylebone Labour Party, 1946-47, and has been on the borough council since 1945.
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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 : Buckingham
CANDIDATE : Kellock
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. J. Kellock, born in 1906, is a foundation scholar of St. John’s College, Cambridge. He began his business career with a firm of merchant bankers, and was later director of two companies. He has served as chairman of Cambridge University Settlements, Camberwell.
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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 : Chester
CANDIDATE : Willitt
PARTY : L.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. A. H. Willitt, an assistant engineer in the Post Office, was born in 1910. He was a member of the national executive of the Post Office Engineering Union and for the past four years has been president of the Society of Telecommunication Engineers.
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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 : Stalybridge and Hyde
CANDIDATE : Glover
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Lt.-Col. D. Glover, managing director of a family business of clothing distributors in Manchester, was born in 1908 and educated at Giggleswick. A subaltern in the Territorial Army when war broke out, he was commanding an infantry battalion in 1945 and, since 1947, has commanded the 9th Bn., The Manchester Regt. As a member of the council of the Wholesale Textile Association, he toured the United States and Canada in 1946 with an official delegation.
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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 : St Ives
CANDIDATE : Shore
PARTY : Lab.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. P. Shore, a journalist, is 25 and a Cambridge B.A. with honours in history. He is a lecturer to the W.E.A. and the United Nations Association. At Cambridge he was chairman of the University Labour Club.
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