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. "No. 37238". The London Gazette. 24 August 1945. p. 4290.
  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.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Seaborne Davies		 Member of Parliament for Caernarvon Boroughs
July 1945 – 1950		 Succeeded by
Goronwy Roberts
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