Jack Jones (Rotherham MP)

John Henry Jones (26 October 1894 – 31 October 1962^[1]) was a British Labour Party politician.

Jones was born in Rotherham, and educated at Port Talbot School, at an elementary school in Rotherham, and at Bangor University.^[2] He worked as a steel smelter, and during World War I he served in the Middle East with the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry.^[2]

He was elected at the 1945 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton,^[3] and held the seat until the constituency abolished in 1950. He was then elected as MP for Rotherham at the 1950 general election,^[2] and held the seat until he was killed in a road accident on Halloween 1962.^[2]

Jones was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Pakenahm while he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and to the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Christopher Mayhew from May to October 1947.^[2] He was a joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply from October 1947 to 1950.^[2]

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Edward Cecil George Cadogan and Sir Cyril Fullard Entwistle	Member of Parliament for Bolton 1945–1950 With: John Lewis	Constituency abolished
Preceded by William Dobbie	Member of Parliament for Rotherham 1950–1962	Succeeded by Brian O'Malley

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