1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Luton Constituency – Biography of Hill

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Luton

CANDIDATE : Hill

PARTY : L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. C. Hill is well known as the ” Radio Doctor,” and holds the following appointments : Secretary of the British Medical Association and Central Medical War Committee ; president of the World Medical Association ; secretary of the Commonwealth Medical Conference; vice-president of the Central Council for Health Education ; and member of the Industrial Health Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Labour. His broadcast a few days before the election was regarded by many people as one of the most notable of the series. He contested Cambridge unsuccessfully as an Independent in 1945.

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