1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Thirsk and Malton Constituency – Biography of Geffen

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Thirsk and Malton

CANDIDATE : Geffen

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. Geffen was born in 1920, and is solicitor to the Durham Miners’ Association, joining the Labour Party when he was 15, Mr. Geffen is a former political education officer of Hampstead Labour Party, a member of the Haldane and Fabian Societies, and organizing secretary of the latter’s Durham branch. He has been a member of the London University branch of the Labour Party since 1945, and is a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (Durham area). He served with the Royal Artillery, 1940-45, and was later engaged in full-time educational work with the Army Educational Corps.

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