Alec Jones
Alec Jones | |
|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
| In office 14 June 1979 – 20 March 1983 | |
| Leader | James Callaghan Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | John Morris |
| Succeeded by | Denzil Davies |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | |
| In office 12 June 1975 – 4 May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Ted Rowlands |
| Succeeded by | Michael Roberts |
| Under-Secretary of State, Health and Social Security | |
| In office 18 October 1974 – 12 June 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Robert Brown |
| Succeeded by | Michael Meacher |
| Member of Parliament for Rhondda Rhondda West (1967–1974) | |
| In office 9 March 1967 – 20 March 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Iorwerth Rhys Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Allan Rogers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1924 |
| Died | 20 March 1983 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Trevor Alec Jones (12 August 1924 – 20 March 1983) was a British Labour Party politician.
Jones was born in Clydach Vale and educated at Rhondda Boys' Grammar School. After obtaining a teaching qualification at Bangor Normal College, he taught from 1947 until 1967, when the death of the local MP, Iorwerth Thomas, whose political agent Jones had been, created a vacancy which resulted in his own selection.[1]
Jones was Member of Parliament for Rhondda West from the 1967 Rhondda West by-election until the constituency was abolished in 1974, and for Rhondda from 1974 until he died in office shortly before the 1983 general election. He was a junior minister for Social Security from 1974 to 1975 and for Wales from 1975 to 1979.
Jones had suffered from a heart condition for some years prior to his death at the age of 58, which occurred at his home in Tonypandy.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Jones, John Graham. "JONES, TREVOR ALEC (1924-1983), Labour politician". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
External links[edit]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alec Jones
