1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Hornsey Constituency – Biography of Pestell

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hornsey

CANDIDATE : Pestell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Pestell was for 14 years a probation officer in London, and a founder member of the Marriage Guidance Council. He has lectured extensively on marriage and family problems. Born in 1910, he studied economics and social science in the University of London and later became leader of the Stoke Newington borough council and mayor of the borough, and also a member of the London County Council.

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