British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bebington Constituency – Biography of White

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bebington

CANDIDATE : White

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. Graham White has had a long career in Parliament, where he became a recognized spokesman for the Liberals on financial and economic affairs. He sat for Birkenhead East in the 1922 Parliament, was defeated in 1924, and regained the seat in 1929, and held it until 1945. Appointed Assistant Postmaster-General in 1931, he resigned the year after when the National Government introduced a general measure of protection. He was a member of the Curtis Committee, and one of the M.P.s who visited Buchenwald camp in 1945. Born in 1880, he is a stockbroker.


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