Post Army Life
| 1950 United Kingdom general election results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley | Turnout 86.83% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Labour | George Wigg | 32,856 | 54.62% | |
| Conservative | Roy Farran | 19,825 | 32.96% | |
| Liberal | B.S. White | 7,470 | 12.42% | |
| Total | 60,151 | 100% | ||
After being discharged from the army, Farran moved to Scotland and briefly worked as a quarryman. He briefly went to Africa before returning to the United Kingdom to run in the 1950 United Kingdom general election in the constituency of Dudley where he ran as the candidate for the Conservative Party. He lost to incumbent Labour Member of Parliament George Wigg, finishing second out of the three candidates. After the election Farran moved to Canada in the early 1950s and settled in Calgary, Alberta. He began working for the Calgary Herald, and later became owner and publisher of his own newspaper, the North Hill News. He also wrote and published History of the Calgary Highlanders 1921–1954 in 1955.
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