British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Carmarthen Constituency – Biography of Morris

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Carmarthen

CANDIDATE : Morris

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Hopkin Morris, K.C., has been Liberal member for Carmarthen since 1945. A graduate of the University of Wales, he was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple and in 1921 took silk. He is the son of a Congregational minister. He was sitting in the House of Commons as M.P. for Cardiganshire in 1932 when he was appointed a Metropolitan Magistrate, and four years later he became regional director for Wales of the B.B.C., an appointment he resigned just before the 1945 election.


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