1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Wolverhampton South West Constituency – Biography of Powell

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Wolverhampton South West

CANDIDATE : Powell

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. E. Powell is a Birmingham man, and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge. For two years he was Professor of Greek at Sydney University. During the war he saw service with the Army, and was a brigadier. After the war he joined the Conservative Party secretariat and was joint head of the home affairs section.

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