1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Aberavon Constituency – Biography of Cove

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Aberavon

CANDIDATE : Cove

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. G. Cove first entered Parliament as member for Welling-borough in 1924 and has represented Aberavon since 1929. After working underground as a miner for five or six years, studying in the evenings, he qualified as a teacher and later went to college. He is an ex-president of the National Union of Teachers. After the 1914-18 war he was the first president of the Discharged Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Association. He is chairman of the Welsh Labour Parliamentary group.

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