1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Isle of Ely Constituency – Biography of Legge-Bourke

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Isle of Ely

CANDIDATE : Legge-Bourke

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Maj. E. A. H. Legge-Bourke, a Regular officer educated at Eton and Sandhurst, served through the war and was released in 1945 when he won this constituency from the Liberal member, Mr. James de Rothschild. He has served on several Parliamentary committees and is interested in land drainage, being vice-president of the Association of Drainage Authorities.

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