1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Perth and East Perthshire Constituency – Biography of Hughes

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Perth and East Perthshire

CANDIDATE : Hughes

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. Hughes was born in 1911, and is a building contractor. For many years he has been a member of Dundee City Council, and was the unsuccessful Labour candidate in Perth and Kinross in 1945. Recently he was appointed chairman of the Regional Hospitals Board. When war broke out he was appointed A.R.P. controller for his native Dundee, and was awarded the O.B.E. for his services. He subsequently went into the Army and rose to the rank of captain.

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