British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bournemouth East and Christchurch Constituency – Biography of Lees

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bournemouth East and Christchurch

CANDIDATE : Lees

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss D. Lees, born in 1920, is the granddaughter of the late Sir Elliott Lees, former M.P. for Oldham. A society debutante in 1939, she was trained as a nurse for four years, joining the French Red Cross during the war. She served with the First French Army, passed through the enemy lines and nursed members of the Maquis in hiding. She received the Croix de Guerre. Later, Miss Lees was attached to the French Ministry of Information and the French Foreign Office.


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