1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Exchange Constituency – Biography of Harper

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Manchester Exchange

CANDIDATE : Harper

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. S. Harper, a director of the Manchester Ship Canal Company, was born in 1902, and educated at Manchester and at the Ashridge Political College, Herts. From 1921 to 1932 he was employed in general and electrical engineering. He has been a member of Manchester City Council since 1932, and was also a member of Lord Soulbury’s committee on Unemployment Assistance. He has held political posts in Manchester as secretary and agent.

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