1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Shipley Constituency – Biography of Hirst

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Shipley

CANDIDATE : Hirst

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. A. N. Hirst was born in Leeds in 1904 and educated at Charterhouse and St. John’s College, Cambridge. He is chairman and managing director of a Leeds firm of chemical manufacturers. He serves on 19 national and local committees, including that of the Federation of British Industries. He was in the Army during the war and on the Administrative Staff of the 21st Army Group.

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