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Will John (politician)

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John in 1923

William John (6 October 1878 – 27 August 1955) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, and a Member of Parliament (MP) for thirty years.

At the 1920 Rhondda West by-election, he was elected as MP for the safe Labour constituency of Rhondda West, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1950 general election.

He was Labour's Deputy Chief Whip from 1942 to 1945, serving in Winston Churchill's war-time coalition government as Comptroller of the Household from 1942 to 1944 and as a Lord of the Treasury from 1944 to 1945.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Election Contests In 617 Divisions. The Times, 26 June 1945.
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rhondda West
1920 – 1950 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Comptroller of the Household
(Government whip)
1942 – 1944 		Succeeded by
Trade union offices
Preceded by Agent for the Rhondda District of the South Wales Miners' Federation
1915–1920
With: A. J. Cook (1919–1920) 		Succeeded by
A. J. Cook and David Lewis


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