1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Glasgow Tradeston Constituency – Biography of Rankin

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Glasgow Tradeston

CANDIDATE : Rankin

PARTY : Co-op. & Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Rankin, a teacher, is 60 and joined the Labour Party in 1915. He fought the Pollok seat three times and was elected for Tradeston in 1945. Educated at Glasgow University, he has been lecturer and propagandist for the Scottish Labour College. He is a keen cooperator, and was once chairman of Glasgow I.L.P.

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