Manny Shinwell in finding employment for his son Ernie, and Stanley had obtained information on the disbandment of the Transjordan Frontier Force from some government source. Shinwell's seat became Easington at the February 1950 election, after which he was promoted to Minister of Defence and became a full member of the Cabinet once more. Edmund Dell described him as "putty in the hands of the defence chiefs" and his promotion as "[a] ludicrous appointment. No failure was ever great enough to persuade Attlee to deny one of his cohorts new opportunities to do damage … Shinwell never forgave Gaitskell, whom he blamed
Baden Powell (politician) member for Cunningham and a minister in the government of Gough Whitlam. Powell did not contest the election and retired from state politics. He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office. Baden Powell (politician) Arthur Redvers Baden Powell (13 March 1900 – 25 November 1955) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 3 months in 1950. He was a member of the Labor Party. Powell was born in Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and was the son of a coalminer. He was educated to elementary level in Wales and worked