1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bristol West Constituency – Biography of Stanley

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bristol West

CANDIDATE : Stanley

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Oliver Stanley 1 was first elected to Parliament for Westmorland in 1924 and held the seat until 1945, when he was returned for Bristol West. His first Ministerial office was that of Under- j Secretary to the Home Office, 1931-33, and he was successively Minister I of Transport, Labour, i Education, and President ‘ of the Board of Trade. In 1940 he was for a time Secretary of State for War, and from 1942 to 1945 Colonial Secretary. He was born in 1896, son of the 17th Earl of Derby, and went to Eton and Oxford. After service in the first war he was called to the Bar, 1919, Northern Circuit, but gave up practice to become a stockbroker.

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