British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Finchley Constituency – Biography of Crowder

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Finchley

CANDIDATE : Crowder

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. J. F. E. Crowder first entered the House of Commons for Finchley in 1935. Born in 1890, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He is an underwriter and was elected a member of Lloyd’s in 1920. From 1914 to 1919 he served with the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and from 1939 to 1945 he was a staff captain and army welfare officer. For 15 years from 1931 he was a member of Hants County Council and served 13 years on the Fleet Urban Council.


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