British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Halifax Constituency – Biography of Brook

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Halifax

CANDIDATE : Brook

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Brook, who entered Parliament in 1945, was born in 1884, and as a boy entered the service of a Halifax wool merchant. On the death of his employer about 10 years ago he took over the business. His special interests have been education, trade and industry, housing, and town planning. He joined the I.L.P. in 1910, and for the last 10 years has been a member of the borough council.


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