David Price-White

Lieutenant-Colonel David Archibald Price-White, TD (5 September 1906 – 6 March 1978) was a Welsh solicitor and Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Caernarvon Boroughs from 1945 to 1950.

Early life

His father, Price Foulkes White (1873–1952) was a Welsh international footballer.^[1] David Price-White was educated in Bangor, first at Friars School and then at the University College of North Wales, before qualifying as a solicitor in 1932.^[2] During World War II he served with the British Army in France, the Middle East, Italy and East Africa.^[2]

Political career

Price-White was elected at the general election in July 1945 as the MP for Caernarvon Boroughs.^[3] His victory by a narrow margin of 336 votes ousted the Liberal MP Seaborne Davies, who had won the seat at a by-election in April that year, after long-serving David Lloyd George had been elevated to the peerage.^[4]

When constituency boundaries were revised for the 1950 general election, Price-White stood in the new Conway county constituency, where he was defeated^[5] by the Labour Party candidate William Elwyn Jones.

Family

In 1934, Price-White married Gwyneth Harris, daughter of James Lewis Harris of Caernarvon.^[2]

References

1. Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. p. 211. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
2. Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. p. 301. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
3. The London Gazette: no. 37238. p. 4290. 24 August 1945. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
4. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 533. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
5. "The Defeated Clean Sweep At Colonial Office". The Times (London). 25 February 1950. p. 23.

External links

• Biography
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Price-White