1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Berwickshire and East Lothian Constituency – Biography of Robertson

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Berwickshire and East Lothian

CANDIDATE : Robertson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. J. Robertson was elected M.P. for Berwick and Haddington in 1945. He is 52 years of age and a native of the Shetland Islands. Joining the Royal Navy at the age of 16, he was in the Battle of Jutland and was the Navy’s middleweight boxing champion in 1918. During the war he was chief labour officer for Scotland for the Ministry of Supply, and in 1947 was appointed Joint Under-Secretary for Scotland.

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