1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Woolwich East Constituency – Biography of Bevin

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Woolwich East

CANDIDATE : Bevin

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. Bevin was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1945. He transferred at this election from Central Wandsworth, which he had represented since 1940. Born in 1881, he started work as a farm boy at the age of 10. He became active in the local unemployed and trade union movements in Bristol, and a leading figure in the old Dockers’ Union. He was general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, 1922-40. In the war-time Government he was Minister of Labour and National Service, and was responsible for the mobilization of man-power. He has been a member of commissions dealing with trusts, industrial relations, and finance and industry. As Foreign Secretary he has led the United Kingdom delegations to the United Nations, Council of Foreign Ministers, and Conference of Commonwealth Ministers.

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