1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ilkeston Constituency – Biography of Oliver

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ilkeston

CANDIDATE : Oliver

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. H. Oliver, K.C., has sat for the division since 1922, with the exception of the period 1931-35. From 1945 to 1947 he was Undersecretary to the Home Office. For some years he was an engineer in motor-car works in Derby and served for some years on the Derby Town Council. Called to the Bar in 1927, he took silk in 1949.

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