1929 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1929 to Wales and its people.

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30 May - In the United Kingdom general election:
- Megan Lloyd George becomes Liberal MP for Anglesey – the first female MP in Wales.
- Aneurin Bevan becomes MP for Ebbw Vale.
- Other newly-elected MPs include John Jestyn Llewellin at Uxbridge and Robert Richards at Wrexham.
- Lewis Valentine is Plaid Cymru’s first parliamentary candidate. Plaid Cymru obtain a total of 609 votes in Wales.
- Jimmy Thomas becomes Lord Privy Seal in the new government.
9 July - The Royal Navy submarine H47 sinks off the Pembrokeshire coast, killing 21 men.
10 July - Nine miners are killed in an accident at Milfraen, Blaenavon.
28 November - Seven miners are killed in an accident at Wernbwll Colliery, Penclawdd.
November - In the Rhondda, 400 people are made homeless by flooding.
Nine Mile Point Colliery Riot
The number of motor vehicles in Wales exceeds 100,000 for the first time.
Squadron Leader A. G. Jones-Williams and Flight-Lt N. H. Jenkins make the first non-stop flight from Britain to India.
700 people are involved in a riot at Cwmfelinfach, when strikebreakers are used during an industrial dispute at the Nine Mile Point Colliery.
When the steamer Molesey is wrecked on Skomer Island, British Movietone News shoots the first-ever sound footage of such an event.
The University of Wales begins awarding teacher training certificates at colleges of education in Wales.

Football - The Football Association of Wales makes its first overseas tour, to Canada.
Rugby Union
- 23 February - 1929 Wales beat France 8–3 at the National Stadium in Cardiff

14 February - Wyn Morris, conductor
25 April - Malcolm Thomas, Wales international rugby union captain
11 August - Alun Hoddinott, composer (d. 2008)
20 October - Colin Jeavons, actor
27 October - Alun Richards, novelist (d. 2003)
2 November - Carwyn James, rugby coach (d. 1984)
7 November - Urien Wiliam, dramatist (d. 2006)
4 December - Ednyfed Hudson Davies, politician
30 December - Charles Lynn Davies, Wales internationsl rugby player
date unknown
- Bobi Jones, author
- John Morgan, journalist and broadcaster (d. 1988)

2 January - David James, Wales international rugby player
15 January - William Boyd Dawkins, geologist and historian, 91
16 April - Sir John Morris-Jones, poet and grammarian, 64
29 April - Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis, 63
30 April - Cliff Bowen, Wales international rugby player and county cricketer, 54
15 May - Grace Rhys, writer, wife of Ernest Rhys
2 June - Fred Andrews, Wales international rugby player, 64
15 June - Llewellyn Atherley-Jones, politician
29 August - Viv Huzzey, Wales international rugby union player, 53