Ness Edwards
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Ness Edwards (5 April 1897 – 3 May 1968) was a Welsh Labour Party politician.
A trade unionist, Ness Edwards was imprisoned in 1917 as a conscientious objector to the conscription of the First World War. He was elected Member of Parliament for Caerphilly at a by-election in 1939 following the death of Labour MP Morgan Jones. He held the seat until his death in 1968.
At the beginning of World War II, Edwards was instrumental in helping Czech miners escape the Sudetenland. An associate of Aneurin Bevan and Jim Griffiths, Edwards was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and National Service from 1945 to 1950 and Postmaster General from 1950 to 1951.
[edit] Works
- History of the South Wales Miners' Federation
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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| Preceded by Morgan Jones |
Member of Parliament for Caerphilly 1939–1968 |
Succeeded by Fred Evans |
Categories: 1897 births | 1968 deaths | Wales Labour Party politicians | Welsh conscientious objectors | Labour MPs (UK) | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Welsh constituencies | UK MPs 1935-1945 | UK MPs 1945-1950 | UK MPs 1950-1951 | UK MPs 1951-1955 | UK MPs 1955-1959 | UK MPs 1959-1964 | UK MPs 1964-1966 | UK MPs 1966-1970
