John Williams (Welsh politician)

For other people named John Williams, see John Williams (disambiguation).
Williams in the mid 1900s

John Williams (1861–20 June 1922) was a Welsh Labour Party politician. He was a miner's agent, a close associate of William Abraham and a prominent Liberal-Labour politician. Prior to his election as an MP he was a member of the Mountain Ash Urban District Council. In 1898 he was nominated as a candidate for Glamorgan County Council but declined to go to the poll.[1]

At the 1906 general election, Williams was first elected as Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Gower in West Glamorgan. He stood as an Independent Liberal[2] candidate and won election despite being opposed by a Liberal candidate. Upon election he took the Liberal whip and was active in the Liberal party's Trade Union group. When the miners Federation of Great Britain decided to affiliate to the Labour party in 1909, along with the other Welsh mining MPs, he joined the Labour party.

Death

He held his seat until his death in 1922, at the age of 60.

References

  1. ↑ "Ynysybwl and the County Council Contest .". Pontypridd Chronicle. 1 April 1898. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

Bibliography

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Aeron Thomas		 Member of Parliament for Gower
1906 – 1922 		Succeeded by
David Grenfell
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