1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Burton Constituency – Biography of Colegate

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Burton

CANDIDATE : Colegate

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Colegate represented The Wrekin from 1940 to 1945, when he was defeated. Educated at London University, where he took an honours degree in science, he enlisted for active service in the first world war but was seconded for special service in the Board of Trade. In 1947 he was appointed chairman of the West Midlands Area Conservative and Unionist Associations, and is a member of the central executive of the Conservative Party. He has been a governor of Harper Adams Agricultural College.

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