1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Glasgow Shettleston Constituency – Biography of McGovern

January 7, 2023 admin 1950 General Election

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Shettleston

CANDIDATE : McGovern

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. McGovern, a former plumber and insurance agent, and once regarded as the ” stormy petrel ” of the Labour movement, led ” hunger marches ” from Glasgow to Edinburgh and London. He has been arrested on several occasions in connexion with free speech campaigns. Elected as an l.L.P. member in 1930, he joined the Labour Party in 1947. He has served on Glasgow Town Council and is a member of the Co-operative movement.

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