1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Droylsden Constituency – Biography of Johnson

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Droylsden

CANDIDATE : Johnson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. S. T. Johnson, who fought Lancaster as a Liberal in 1945, joined the Conservative Party the next year. Born in 1897, he served with the 16th Lancers in France and Belgium in 1914-18 and was awarded the M.C. He then joined a firm of wire manufacturers, and later spent seven years cattle ranching in British Columbia, returning to England in 1931 to train racehorses. He rejoined the Army in 1940 and served at the R.A.O.C. depot at Catterick.

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