1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wallasey Constituency – Biography of Marples

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wallasey

CANDIDATE : Marples

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. E. Marples, who won Wallasey from an Independent in 1945, was born in Manchester in 1907, After qualifying as an accountant, he started business as a builder with £20 borrowed capital, and achieved financial independence in 10 years. He is now managing director of a firm of civil engineering contractors. Sportsman and mountaineer, he played football for Dulwich Hamlet.

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