James Idwal Jones
James Idwal Jones (30 June 1900 – 18 October 1982) was a British Labour Party politician.
He was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham, and educated at Ruabon Grammar School and Normal College, Bangor. He became a teacher in 1922 in Holt, but then moved to positions in Glyn Ceiriog and Penycae. In 1938 he was appointed as headmaster at Grango School in his home village of Rhosllannerchrugog.
He first stood as a Labour Parliamentary candidate in 1951 for the West Denbighshire constituency, but was unsuccessful. He was elected at a by-election in March 1955 following the death of the sitting Labour MP Robert Richards. Jones held the seat at the general election in May 1955, and at subsequent elections until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1970 general election.
He died at Ponciau, Wrexham, aged 82.
He was the brother of Thomas William Jones, Baron Maelor, Member of Parliament for Merioneth from 1951 to 1966.
See also
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Idwal Jones
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Wrexham 1955–1970 |
Succeeded by Tom Ellis |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
_colour.png){kind=small}   |
This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing a Welsh constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template without an unnamed parameter
- 1900 births
- 1982 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Welsh constituencies
- Labour Party (UK) MPs
- UK MPs 1951–55
- UK MPs 1955–59
- UK MPs 1959–64
- UK MPs 1964–66
- UK MPs 1966–70
- People from Rhosllannerchrugog
- Politics of Wrexham
- People educated at Ruabon Grammar School
- Labour MP for Wales stubs
