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.
His mother was Charlotte Bell (later Charlotte Price White), a suffrage pioneer, local councillor and activist [1]: 54, 55 while his father, Price Foulkes White (1873–1952) was an engineer at the Bangor Electrical Company [1]: 54 and Welsh international footballer. [2] 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. [3] He joined the Territorial Army in 1928 [4] and became a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army). By 1939 he had been promoted to Major. [5] During World War II he served with the British Army in France (at Dunkirk), [4] the Middle East, Italy and East Africa. [3] By 1944 he was a Lieutenant Colonel. [5]
Price-White was a local councillor in the Caernarfonshire County Council from 1939 until 1941, and also a member of the Bangor City Council. [4] He was elected at the general election in July 1945 as the MP for Caernarvon Boroughs. [6] 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. [7]
When constituency boundaries were revised for the 1950 general election, Price-White stood in the new Conway county constituency, where he was defeated [8] by the Labour Party candidate William Elwyn Jones.
Price-White worked as a solicitor until 1956, with a break during the Second World War. In 1957 he was appointed to a position within the national electricity supply industry, as Principal Assistant at the Central Electricity Generating Board, Midland Regions Headquarters. [4] [5] He resumed practice as a solicitor in 1968 until his death in 1978. [5]
In 1934, Price-White married Gwyneth Harris, daughter of James Lewis Harris of Caernarvon [3] and they had two children, a boy (Andrew Stewart) and a girl (Carolyn Mary). [5] The family lived in Colwyn Bay. [4]
He died 6 March 1978. [4]
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.
His mother was Charlotte Bell (later Charlotte Price White), a suffrage pioneer, local councillor and activist [1]: 54, 55 while his father, Price Foulkes White (1873–1952) was an engineer at the Bangor Electrical Company [1]: 54 and Welsh international footballer. [2] 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. [3] He joined the Territorial Army in 1928 [4] and became a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army). By 1939 he had been promoted to Major. [5] During World War II he served with the British Army in France (at Dunkirk), [4] the Middle East, Italy and East Africa. [3] By 1944 he was a Lieutenant Colonel. [5]
Price-White was a local councillor in the Caernarfonshire County Council from 1939 until 1941, and also a member of the Bangor City Council. [4] He was elected at the general election in July 1945 as the MP for Caernarvon Boroughs. [6] 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. [7]
When constituency boundaries were revised for the 1950 general election, Price-White stood in the new Conway county constituency, where he was defeated [8] by the Labour Party candidate William Elwyn Jones.
Price-White worked as a solicitor until 1956, with a break during the Second World War. In 1957 he was appointed to a position within the national electricity supply industry, as Principal Assistant at the Central Electricity Generating Board, Midland Regions Headquarters. [4] [5] He resumed practice as a solicitor in 1968 until his death in 1978. [5]
In 1934, Price-White married Gwyneth Harris, daughter of James Lewis Harris of Caernarvon [3] and they had two children, a boy (Andrew Stewart) and a girl (Carolyn Mary). [5] The family lived in Colwyn Bay. [4]
He died 6 March 1978. [4]