1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sheffield Neepsend Constituency – Biography of Morris

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Sheffield Neepsend

CANDIDATE : Morris

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Col. H. Morris was born in Sheffield in 1893, practised as a solicitor until 1936, when he was called to the Bar. He served on Sheffield City Council, 1920-27 and 1929-37. Enlisted in the ranks in the 1914-18 war and retired as captain; he rejoined in the last war, again in the ranks, and retired with the rank of colonel. Colonel Morris, who played football until he was 40, won Central Sheffield for Labour in 1945.

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