1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Westbury Constituency – Biography of Grimston

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Westbury

CANDIDATE : Grimston

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Robert Grimston, M.P. f?r Westbury since 1931, was Assistant Postmaster-General in 1942 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply in 1945, and has also held several junior Government positions. He is president of the Urban District Councils Association. Born in 1897, he was educated at Repton, City and Guilds Engineering College, and London University. He served in Salonika and Palestine in the first world war.

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