1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Newport Constituency – Biography of Freeman

January 7, 2023 admin 1950 General Election

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Newport

CANDIDATE : Freeman

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Peter Freeman, member for Brecon and Radnor, 1929-31, was elected for Newport in 1945. Born in London in 1888, he was educated at the Haberdashers’ School, and has served on Cardiff City Council and Glamorgan County Council. He is founder and chairman of the India League, founder and secretary of the Theosophical Society in Wales, and a vice-president of the Vegetarian Society. For three years from 1920 he was Welsh lawn tennis champion.

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