1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Gateshead West Constituency – Biography of Hall

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Gateshead West

CANDIDATE : Hall

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Hall, a colliery engine driver, is chairman of the northern district of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. For 15 years he was a member of the Durham County Council, and he is chairman of the Houghton-le-Spring Labour Party. Aged 53, he served with the 1 st Life Guards during the 1914-18 war.

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