1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Islington East Constituency – Biography of Fletcher

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Islington East

CANDIDATE : Fletcher

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Fletcher, who is 46 and the son of a former town clerk of Islington, won the seat for the Labour Party in 1945. From an elementary school he won scholarships which took him to London University. A solicitor, he specializes in inter-national law. He repre-sented South Islington on the L.C.C. for 14 years. Mr. Fletcher is deputy chairman of the Associated British Picture Corporation, Limited, and a director of its associated companies.

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