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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Huyton Constituency – Biography of Smart

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Huyton Constituency – Biography of Smart

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Huyton

    CANDIDATE : Smart

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. S. Smart, aged 49, and a catering contractor in Liverpool, served through the 1914-18 war with the Royal Artillery, which he had joined as a trumpeter at the age of 15. In the second world war he was chief welfare officer for the Ministry of Aircraft Production and assistant labour officer for the Air Ministry. He was elected to the Liverpool City Council in 1947 and is a member of its children committee, and has been election agent in the Edge Hill division of Liverpool.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : North Fylde Constituency – Biography of Stanley

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : North Fylde Constituency – Biography of Stanley

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : North Fylde

    CANDIDATE : Stanley

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Capt. R. Stanley is grandson of the late Earl of Derby, brother of the present earl, and son of the late Lord Stanley who sat for the Fylde division from 1922 to 1938. Aged 29, he was educated at Eton and after service in the war joined the staff of the Conservative Central office. He is chairman of Lancashire and Cheshire Federation of Boys’ Clubs and president of the Royal Lancashire Show.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harborough Constituency – Biography of Attewell

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harborough Constituency – Biography of Attewell

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harborough

    CANDIDATE : Attewell

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. H. C. Attewell, an official of the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives and a member of the union executive, is 55, and went to an elementary school. He was on the Middlesex County Council for nine years until 1949, and a member of the Appeals Committee for conscientious objectors. He went on a Parliamentary delegation to Austria, and is interested in food and agriculture questions. He won Harborough from the Conservatives in 1945.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Rutland and Stamford Constituency – Biography of Valentine

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Rutland and Stamford Constituency – Biography of Valentine

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Rutland and Stamford

    CANDIDATE : Valentine

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. C. Valentine is the first Liberal candidate in this constituency since 1929. He was born at Sutton in Ashfield in 1901, and educated at Mansfield. At first a wholesale grocer at Boston, he turned to the fruit trade and is director of a wholesale firm.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Uxbridge Constituency – Biography of Aylett

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Uxbridge Constituency – Biography of Aylett

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Uxbridge

    CANDIDATE : Aylett

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. E. Aylett, who contested t?e constituency in 1945, is an Essex man aged 34. He was educated at the Royal Albert School, Rom-ford, and read law at London University. He was admitted a solicitor at the age of 21, and is associated with a firm of Uxbridge solicitors.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Yarmouth Constituency – Biography of Kinghorn

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Yarmouth Constituency – Biography of Kinghorn

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Yarmouth

    CANDIDATE : Kinghorn

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. E. Kinghorn had unsuccessfully contested Hexham in 1935 against Col. D. Clifton Brown (the present Speaker) before becoming M.P. for Yarmouth in 1945. Formerly a languages master and a lecturer on economics, he served as an intelligence officer with the R.A.F. in the war, later was attached to Gen. Eisenhower’s headquarters staff, and subsequently was a staff officer on the Control Commission in Germany. He was born in 1907, and educated at Basle, Lille, and Leeds University.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Berwick-upon-Tweed Constituency – Biography of Thorp

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Berwick-upon-Tweed Constituency – Biography of Thorp

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Berwick-upon-Tweed

    CANDIDATE : Thorp

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Brig. R. A. F. Thorp , defeated Lord (then Sir William) Beveridge in 1945. A regular soldier i with 27 years’ service, he was born in 1900 and j educated at Charterhouse and R.M.C., Quetta, being first commissioned in Skinner’s Horse in 1919. During the war I he was G.S.O.2, 3rd Division, France, 1939 ; D.A.Q.M.G. 1st Cavalry Division, Palestine, 1940; A.A.Q.M.G., 11th Division, Abyssinia, 1941 ; G.S.O.I, headquarters, East Africa, 1941 ; colonel in command, Northern Rhodesia, 1942 ; and brigadier commanding 31st Brigade, Abyssinian Frontier, 1943-45.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Mansfield Constituency – Biography of Milliard

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Mansfield Constituency – Biography of Milliard

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Mansfield

    CANDIDATE : Milliard

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Maj. H. L. Milliard, born at Bangor in 1912, joined the Army in 1938 and was commissioned in the Royal Artillery a year later. An insurance inspector, he formerly played football for Lancashire amateur clubs. He is a member of Leicester City Council, and has been chairman of the political education committee of the Leicestershire Conservative Party.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ludlow Constituency – Biography of Williams

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ludlow Constituency – Biography of Williams

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ludlow

    CANDIDATE : Williams

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. Williams is 51.?He became education welfare officer for Monmouth at the age of 20, and in 1943 was appointed welfare superintendent for the county. He has twice been chairman of Caerleon Urban District Council and is a member of the South Wales housing and town planning committee.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Taunton Constituency – Biography of Phillipson

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Taunton Constituency – Biography of Phillipson

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Taunton

    CANDIDATE : Phillipson

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. R. Phillipson, born in 1890, was for 18 years a Tyneside engineer. Later he set up his own engineering business in London, worked under the Ministry of Supply during the war, and also became deputy chairman of a Bristol engineering company. He is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial Administration, and has been on the council of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce.

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