British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wembley South Constituency – Biography of Russell

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wembley South

CANDIDATE : Russell

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. S. Russell is 46, and research secretary of the Empire Economic Union. He graduated at Cambridge, and was formerly a journalist. He was elected to the L.C.C. three years ago, serving on the town planning, welfare, and Parliamentary committees. In 1947 he attended the international conference on Trade and Employment at Geneva, and last year was chosen as a British delegate to the Westminster economic conference arranged by the United Europe Committee and the European Movement.


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