Edwin Thomas''Papers by command, Volume 20'', Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, HMSO, 1936, pg. 22 Malindine (1 January 1910 – 5 September 1993) was a

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politician. Malindine worked in the lubrication industry, and was elected to Bethnal Green Borough Council for the

, initially becoming the youngest councillor in England. He stood for the party in East Leyton at the 1935 general election, but lost his deposit. During

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, he served in the

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. He stood for Parliament unsuccessfully at

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in 1945,

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in 1950, Southgate in

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, by which time he was vice-Chairman of the London Liberal Party. He continued to try for election, only narrowly missing out in North Cornwall in

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...

and

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

. He served as President of the Liberal Party from 1961–1962, 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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