1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bassetlaw Constituency – Biography of Bellenger

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bassetlaw

CANDIDATE : Bellenger

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. J. Bellenger has represented the constituency since 1935. He served in the Army in the early part of the war, attaining the rank of captain, and was at Dunkirk. When the Labour Government was formed in 1945 he was appointed Under-Secre-tary of State for War, and was Secretary of State for War in 1946 and 1947. He is a surveyor. After resigning his commission he wrote for a Sunday newspaper on service topics.

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