1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Blaydon Constituency – Biography of Whiteley

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Blaydon

CANDIDATE : Whiteley

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. William Whiteley aged 67, was Chief Whip in the Labour Government and was Joint Chief Whip in Mr. Churchill’s war – time Government. He became a Privy Councillor in 1943, and in 1948 was made a C.H. He was born in the mining village of Little-burn, studied to become a mine manager, entered trade union work, and was a miners’ agent when elected for Blaydon in 1922.

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