John Henry Williams (Welsh politician)
Dr John Henry Williams: also known as Snowden Williams; (1870 – 7 February 1936) was a Liverpool-born Welsh Labour Party politician.[1][2] [3] [4]
Educated in Cardiff, Oxford and at the London Hospital, he graduated with the Licence of the Society of Apothecaries (LSA) in 1902.[3] [4]
He was initially employed as a ship's surgeon for the Booth Shipping Line, before becoming a Williams was a general practitioner in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire.[1][4] He was elected to Burry Port Urban District Council, serving as its chairman.[3] He was also a member of Carmarthenshire County Council where he was the chairman of the health committee and of the child welfare committee.[5] [3]
At the 1922 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli, and held the seat until he died from pneumonia in 1936.[4][2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Williams, Snowden, Dr, of Burry Port". Archives Networks Wales. http://anws.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=30&coll_id=1667&expand=. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ a b "By-Election At Llanelly. Death Of Dr. Williams, M.P". The Times: p. 12. 8 February 1936.
- ^ a b c d "WILLIAMS, Dr John Henry". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U219214. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Obituaries". British Medical Journal (3920): 393. 22 February 1936.
- ^ "From The Empire. The Parliamentary Delegation. Itinerary Complete". Brisbane Courier: p. 9. 17 September 1926. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21066194.
[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Dr John Williams
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Member of Parliament for Llanelli 1922 – 1936 |
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