1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Burnley Constituency – Biography of Whitaker

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Burnley

CANDIDATE : Whitaker

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Whitaker, aged 40, began work in the cotton industry at the age of 12 as a half-timer. At 16 he joined the Labour Party, and at 21 was elected to the Nelson and Colne divisional executive. He subsequently became district organizer for the Communist Party and served for five years as a member of the party’s national executive committee.

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