Iorwerth Thomas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Iorwerth Thomas

British politician

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1895

Place of Birth: Cwmparc, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Dec-1966

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Iorwerth Thomas

  • Iorwerth Rhys Thomas (22 January 1895 – 3 December 1966) was a Welsh Labour Party politician. Thomas was born on 22 January 1895, the son of David William Thomas, a self-employed greengrocer of Cwmparc, Rhondda.
  • He was educated at a local elementary school, and in 1908, at 13 years of age, he began working at the Dare colliery, Cwmdare, Aberdare.
  • He attended evening classes in economics and history in order to improve his education, and in 1918 he joined the Labour Party.
  • In 1922 he was promoted to the position of checkweighman at Cwm-parc.
  • He was a prominent figure within the South Wales Miners' Federation and the National Union of Mineworkers for more than 30 years and held a number of offices in the Park and Dare Lodge, the largest in the south Wales coalfield.
  • During the 1926 coalminers' strike Thomas was sentenced to three months imprisonment as the chairman of the Park and Dare Lodge as a result of his involvement in industrial disturbances.
  • He was elected a member of the Rhondda Borough Council in 1928, chaired many of its committees and served as its chairman in 1938-39.
  • He remained a member until 1951.
  • He served, too, on a number of joint industrial councils for Wales and Monmouthshire, and was a member of the South Wales Electricity Board, 1947-49. In 1950 he was elected for Rhondda West and continued to represent the constituency until his death in 1966.
  • He was much interested in economic and industrial matters.
  • Thomas was a consistent opponent of Welsh nationalism and fought relentlessly against the Parliament for Wales agitation of the 1950s.
  • He publicly attacked Plaid Cymru on several occasions and in October 1965 he was highly critical of the recommendations of the Hughes-Parry Report on the Legal Status of the Welsh Language.
  • In 1960 he supported the Conservative government's measure to open public houses on Sundays. He married in October 1920 Annie Mary, daughter of D.J.
  • Davies.
  • She, too, was active in the Labour politics of the area.
  • She died in July 1956.
  • They had one son and one daughter.
  • Thomas died on 3 December 1966 at his home 94 Park Road, Cwmparc, Rhondda.

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