1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Chester-le-Street Constituency – Biography of Bartley

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Chester-le-Street

CANDIDATE : Bartley

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Bartley went to an elementary school, and at 21 to the Catholic Workers’ College, Oxford, where he gained diplomas in economics and political science. For 10 years he was secretary of the Washington Miners’ lodge, and he served on Washington U.D.C. and Durham Caunty Council until appointed conciliation officer for the Durham division of the National Coal Board. From 1942 to 1946 he was assistant labour director for the Ministry of Fuel and Power.

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