1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Aberavon Constituency – Biography of Cove

January 7, 2023 admin 1950 General Election

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Aberavon

CANDIDATE : Cove

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. G. Cove first entered Parliament as member for Welling-borough in 1924 and has represented Aberavon since 1929. After working underground as a miner for five or six years, studying in the evenings, he qualified as a teacher and later went to college. He is an ex-president of the National Union of Teachers. After the 1914-18 war he was the first president of the Discharged Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Association. He is chairman of the Welsh Labour Parliamentary group.

SOURCE : https://andy.egge.rs/data.html

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