1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Derbyshire South East Constituency – Biography of Champion

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Derbyshire South East

CANDIDATE : Champion

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. J. Champion was elected for the division in 1945. In 1949 he was appointed Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Strachey, then Minister of Food. Born in 1897 he became a railway signalman and was for severalyearsamember of the executive of the N.U.R. ; and also served on Pontypridd council. He investigated labour relations in Norway for the Fabian Society, and in 1949 lectured for the British Infoimation Service in the United States.

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