1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bristol North East Constituency – Biography of Apsley

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bristol North East

CANDIDATE : Apsley

PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Lady Apsley was M.P. for Central Bristol, 1943-45, filling the place of her husband, who was killed in a flying accident on active service. She is a qualified air pilot and was keenly interested in flying and hunting until an accident incapacitated her. She is lady of the manor of Iver, Bucks, director of an airways company, president of Gloucestershire Women’s British Legion, and president of Bristol Women’s Electrical Association. While M.P. she was elected national chairman of the Women’s British Legion. She has also been a senior commandant, A.T.S.

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