British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wimbledon Constituency – Biography of Black

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wimbledon

CANDIDATE : Black

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. W. Black was born in 1902, and was educated at King’s College, Wimbledon. A chartered surveyor, he is chairman of the Temperance Permanent Building Society and associated with other companies. Serving on Wimbledon Borough Council since 1942, he was mayor in 1945-47, and became an alderman in 1949. He also sits for Wimbledon West on the Surrey County Council.


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