1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Norwich North Constituency – Biography of Paton

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Norwich North

CANDIDATE : Paton

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Paton was born in Aberdeen in 1886 and is a journalist. In 1945 he won one of the two Norwich seats from the Conservatives with a majority of 7,328. He is a member of Herts County Council and was on the defunct Barnet Board of Guardians and Welwyn Garden City Council. His wife, Mrs. Florence Paton, was also a Labour M.P. in the last Parliament but was unsuccessful at Carlton (Notts) in this election.

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