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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Breconshire and Radnorshire Constituency – Biography of Watkins

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Breconshire and Radnorshire Constituency – Biography of Watkins

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Breconshire and Radnorshire

    CANDIDATE : Watkins

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. T. E. Watkins, who has acted as secretary to the Welsh Parliamentary Party, entered Parliament in 1945, when he won the Brecon and Radnor seat from the Conservatives. Born in Abercrave in 1903, from 1928 to 1933 he was political agent for the division and in 1937 was appointed general secretary to the Breconshire Association of Friendly Societies. For 16 years he was secretary to the divisional Labour Party.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Llanelli Constituency – Biography of Thomas

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Llanelli Constituency – Biography of Thomas

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Llanelli

    CANDIDATE : Thomas

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. H. G. Thomas, born in 1925, was a student at the University College of Wales until he volunteered for air crew duties with the Royal Air Force. After the war he graduated at Cambridge and became vice-president of Cambridge University Liberal Society.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Aberavon Constituency – Biography of Herbert

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Aberavon Constituency – Biography of Herbert

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Aberavon

    CANDIDATE : Herbert

    PARTY : Nat. L. & C.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. A. Herbert is a son of the late Col. Aubrey Herbert, who was for 12 years member for Yeovil, and a grandson of the Earl of Caernarvon who was Secretary for the Colonies and a Viceroy of Ireland under Disraeli. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he was three times medically rejected for the British Army, but volunteered for the 1st Polish Armoured Division and served with them for five years in the ranks.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ogmore Constituency – Biography of Davies

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ogmore Constituency – Biography of Davies

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ogmore

    CANDIDATE : Davies

    PARTY : Welsh Republican

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. Ithel Davies resigned in 1940 from the Labour Party, in whose interest he unsuccessfully contested the University of Wales seat in 1935. He joined the Welsh Nationalists in 1942. He spent three years in prison during the first world war after refusing to serve, regarding the war as a conflict of imperialistic powers. He has written books on economic and social topics.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Pontypool Constituency – Biography of West

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Pontypool Constituency – Biography of West

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Pontypool

    CANDIDATE : West

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. D. G. West, aged 45, is the son of a miner and is a solicitor. He took a first prize in law at Cardiff College. He has been a member of the Abercarn (Mon.) Urban District Council, and was elected to the Monmouthshire County Council in 1938. He served during the last war with the R.A.F. and was elected to Parliament for Pontypool at a by-election in 1946.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Coatbridge and Airdrie Constituency – Biography of McMillan

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Coatbridge and Airdrie Constituency – Biography of McMillan

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Coatbridge and Airdrie

    CANDIDATE : McMillan

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. McMillan is studying at Glasgow University for a degree in economics. He received a secondary and grammar school education, and his academic career was interrupted by Army service. After the war he lectured for two years for the Royal Army Educational Corps on political science and history before resuming his studies at the university. He is on the executive of the West Scotland Junior Unionists’ Association.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh East Constituency – Biography of Donaldson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh East Constituency – Biography of Donaldson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Edinburgh East

    CANDIDATE : Donaldson

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Cmdr. C. E. M. Donaldson is on the staff of the Scottish Tourist Board. Born in Cornwall in 1903, he was brought up in Vancouver. He joined the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, 1926, and in the war served on the Pacific coast and in Newfoundland. He came to England as liaison officer on the staff of the C.-in-C, Portsmouth, and on demobilization decided to settle in Scotland.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh West Constituency – Biography of Walker

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh West Constituency – Biography of Walker

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Edinburgh West

    CANDIDATE : Walker

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mrs. E. Walker, wife of the Scottish secretary of the British Medical Association, is an honours graduate of Edinburgh. A mother of three sons, she worked with the Red Cross in a prisoner-of-war clothing depot during the war. She has served on the boards of various maternity hospitals and on the visiting committee of Aberdeen prison.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Glasgow Gorbals Constituency – Biography of Cullen

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Glasgow Gorbals Constituency – Biography of Cullen

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Gorbals

    CANDIDATE : Cullen

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mrs. A. Cullen followed Mr. G. Buchanan in the representation of the division at a by-election in 1949. Born in 1892, she is a housewife who has found time from her domestic duties to serve more than 10 years on Glasgow Corporation and as a magistrate. She is a widow and has three daughters.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Glasgow Pollok Constituency – Biography of Clark

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Glasgow Pollok Constituency – Biography of Clark

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Pollok

    CANDIDATE : Clark

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. S. Clark, an insurance agent and member of Glasgow Corporation for 12 years, was formerly active in the T.L.P. He was one1 of 10 Scottish trade unionists chosen to tour the Soviet Union and was received by Marshal Stalin.

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