British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Blackpool South Constituency – Biography of Robinson

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Blackpool South

CANDIDATE : Robinson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Wg. Cdr. J. R. Robinson entered the House of Commons as Conservative M.P. for Widnes in 1931, going to Blackpool in 1935. He is a native of the town, and was educated at Blackpool Grammar School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1929. He served with the R.A.F. from 1940 to 1945 and ended his service with the rank of wing


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