1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Glasgow Bridgeton Constituency – Biography of Carmichael

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Bridgeton

CANDIDATE : Carmichael

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Carmichael was elected as I.L.P. member in 1946, succeeding the late Mr. James Maxton, but later followed other I.L.P. members into the Labour Party. Born in 1894, he became a steel erector and then an organizer for the I.L.P., with whom he was associated for 33 years. He has had nearly 20 years’ experience of local administration as a member of Glasgow Corporation.

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