1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Merthyr Tydfil Constituency – Biography of Haddrill

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Merthyr Tydfil

CANDIDATE : Haddrill

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. F. Haddrill, an electrical engineer and contractor in Cardiff, was born in Liverpool in 1891. Leaving an elementary school when 13, he worked in a solicitor’s office and entered electrical engineering in the Post Office service. He served as an R.E. sapper, then went to sea, worked in Canada, and returned to Liverpool to join the police. He established his own business in Cardiff in 1920, and is chairman of two electrical trade associations.

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