1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Poplar Constituency – Biography of Purkis

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Poplar

CANDIDATE : Purkis

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. F. Purkis is 29, and has lived in Poplar nearly all his life. Educated at the Coopers’ Company’s School, Bow, London University College, and Westminster Training College, he is a teacher at Walthamstow. At Poplar he is a Methodist local preacher, superintendent of the Methodist Mission Sunday School, and a scoutmaster.

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