1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Stretford Constituency – Biography of Austin

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Stretford

CANDIDATE : Austin

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. H. L. Austin represented the division from 1945 until the dissolution. Born in 1911, he started work at the age of 11 as a carpenter and became works manager and later a director of an aircraft factory. He joined the Royal Navy in 1943 and served on the staff at Fleet Air Arm headquarters. In the House of Commons he has served on Labour Party Committees for Defence and the Services.

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