1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Dorset West Constituency – Biography of Digby

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Dorset West

CANDIDATE : Digby

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. Wingfield Digby, aged 39, has represented West Dorset for the last eight and a half years, and was appointed a Conservative Whip in 1948. A barrister, he served in the Army throughout the war and rose to the rank of major. He was one of the originators of the Design for Freedom movement and its treasurer, and was a member of the Tory Reform Committee from its formation until he became a Whip.

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