1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Withington Constituency – Biography of Behrens

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Manchester Withington

CANDIDATE : Behrens

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. F. Behrens, a Manchester shipper and merchant, is vice-president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, and vice-chairman of the U.N.A. general council in Britain. Born in 1890 and educated at Rugby and Manchester University, he is a member of the Liberal Party’s national council. In the 1914-18 war he served with the Serbian Relief Fund at Salonika. He has been president of the Standing Joint Com-mittee of the Combined English Universities.

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