1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ross and Cromarty Constituency – Biography of MacLeod

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ross and Cromarty

CANDIDATE : MacLeod

PARTY : L. & C.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Capt. J. MacLeod, aged 37, won the division in 1945 as a National Liberal. The Ross and Cromarty Liberal Association adopted him as their candidate at this election and he received the support of the Ross-shire Unionist Association. In the last war he served with the 51st Division, and was among those captured at St. Valery. His father was prominent in the whisky trade. He has assisted local crofting and weaving enterprises.

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