1950 GENERAL ELECTION : South Shields Constituency – Biography of Smith
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : South Shields
CANDIDATE : Smith
PARTY : Comm.
ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected
BIOGRAPHY :
Mr. F. O. Smith, born in South Shields 46 years ago, started work early as a rivet catcher in the shipyards in 1917 after his father had been torpedoed at sea. He is an electric welder. He took an active part in the unemployed workers’ movement before the war.
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