1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harwich Constituency – Biography of Janis

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harwich

CANDIDATE : Janis

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Janis was taken prisoner of war at Singapore and held by the Japanese for three and a half years, working on the Siam railway and being later transferred to Japan, where he became a liaison officer and interpreter. Now aged 37 and a leather goods merchant, he began life as a shop assistant.

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