Ted Williams (politician)

Sir Edward John Williams, KCMG, PC (1890 – 16 May 1963) was a British Labour Party politician and diplomat.

After elementary school he went into the mines aged 12. Keen to educate himself, he rose to become secretary to a colliery company and in 1913 entered the Labour College in London as a student. After three years Williams was appointed a provincial lecturer for the college, though the war disrupted the college and left him unemployed. Forced to return to mining in 1917, he became checkweigher and in 1919 miners' agent to the Garw district of the South Wales Miners' Federation.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore at a by-election in May 1931, and represented the constituency until 1946. From 1946 to 1952 he served as High Commissioner to Australia.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Vernon Hartshorn	Member of Parliament for Ogmore 1931–1946	Succeeded by John Evans
Trade union offices
Preceded by Noah Ablett	Checkweighman at Mardy Colliery 1917–1918	Succeeded by Arthur Horner
Preceded by Frank Hodges	Agent of the Garw District of the South Wales Miners' Federation 1919 – 1931	Succeeded by Richard Bennetta
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Ronald Cross	High Commissioner to Australia 1946–1952	Succeeded by Sir Stephen Holmes