1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harrogate Constituency – Biography of York

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harrogate

CANDIDATE : York

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Christopher York sat for the old Ripon division since 1939. He specializes in agricultural subjects. As a landowner and farmer, he bi eeds ped i-gree T.T. Red Poll cattle near York. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he joined the Royal Dragoons in 1930 and served with them throughout the war. He is 40.

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