British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Plymouth Devonport Constituency – Biography of Churchill

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Plymouth Devonport

CANDIDATE : Churchill

PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Randolph Churchill, son of Mr. Winston Churchill, is a lecturer and journalist, Who was born in 1911 and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered politics by contesting West Toxteth, 1935, and subsequently fought Ross and Cromarty, 1936. Returned for Preston in 1940, he lost the seat in 1945. During the war he was parachuted into Marshal Tito’s headquarters in Yugoslavia and served for a year with the British Military Mission. He has lectured many times in America.


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