Edwin ThomasPapers by command, Volume 20, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, HMSO, 1936, pg. 22 Malindine (1 January 1910 – 5 September 1993) was a Liberal Party politician.
Malindine worked in the lubrication industry, and was elected to Bethnal Green Borough Council for the Liberal Party, initially becoming the youngest councillor in England. He stood for the party in East Leyton at the 1935 general election, but lost his deposit.Liberal Year Book (1935), p.229 During World War II, he served in the Royal Army Service Corps. He stood for Parliament unsuccessfully at Wood Green in 1945, Wellingborough in 1950, Southgate in 1951, by which time he was vice-Chairman of the London Liberal Party.The Times Guide to the House of Commons (1951), p.97
He continued to try for election, only narrowly missing out in North Cornwall in 1955 and 1959.Gary Tredigda, The Liberal Party in south-west Britain since 1918, pp.154, 171 He served as President of the Liberal Party from 1961–1962,Jorgen Scott Rasmussen, The Liberal Party: a Study of Retrenchment and Revival, p.vii but thereafter concentrated on his business concerns, becoming Chairman and Managing Director of Sternol Ltd in 1971.The Autocar (1971), p.59
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