1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Edinburgh Central Constituency – Biography of Gellatly

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Edinburgh Central

CANDIDATE : Gellatly

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. L. Gellatly, a retired Regular officer, has had 21 years’ service with the Gordon Highlanders and R.A.F. Contesting South Midlothian and Peebles in 1945, he lost his deposit. At the end of the last war, he served with Church of Scotland canteens in Italy and Austria, and is a welfare supervisor for the Y.M.C.A. in Fife, the Lothians, and Border counties, having the care of European voluntary workers. He farms near Edinburgh.

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