1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leek Constituency – Biography of Davies

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leek

CANDIDATE : Davies

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Harold Davies was born in South Wales in 1904, won scholarships to a grammar school and the University of Wales, and became a teacher. For 13 years before his election for Leek in 1945 he was a lecturer in adult education. At Westminster he was a member of the Foreign Affairs Group of the Labour Party, and was also interested in agriculture and coal, as well as the social services. He has travelled in Europe, the United States, and the Far East.

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