1950 GENERAL ELECTION : West Stirlingshire Constituency – Biography of Balfour

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : West Stirlingshire

CANDIDATE : Balfour

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. A. Balfour was born in Aberdeen in 1885, and at 19 entered the railway service. He was a parcels foreman before his election for West Stirlingshire in 1945. For 16 years he was secretary of the Aberdeen branch of the National Union of Railwaymen, and served over four years’ on the national executive. He is a former amateur bantam-weight champion of the North of Scotland.

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