1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Luton Constituency – Biography of Matthews

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Luton

CANDIDATE : Matthews

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. G. Matthews is a Bedfordshire man, aged 37, and is the first Liberal to fight Lutqn for 20 years. He serves on the county council, and is the only Liberal on any local authority in Bedfordshire. He is a shopkeeper in the village of Sharnbrook. He has been secretary of Bedford Liberal Association ?nd has acted as agent in Bedford and Mid-Beds. From 1941 to 1945 he served in the medical service of the R.A.F.

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