1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Willesden West Constituency – Biography of Viant

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Willesden West

CANDIDATE : Viant

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. P. Viant first won the seat in 1923, lost it in 1931, and has held it since 1935. Born in Plymouth, he went to London to work as a joiner when 19, and is a member of the Amalgamated Society of Wood-workers. He was Assistant Postmaster-General in the 1929-31 Labour Government.

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