1223 Abel Thomas

Constituency : East  Carmarthenshire  1890-1912

Abel  replaced  the  deceased   David  Pugh  at  East  Carmarthenshire.

Abel  was  the  son  of  a  Baptist  minister  from  Pembrokeshire. He  was  educated  at  Clifton College  and  the  University  of  London. He  became  a  barrister.

Although  Abel  had  no  trouble  getting  re-elected  and  was  unopposed  in  1906,  he  had  the  reputation  of  being  rather  lethargic  once  he  got  there.

Abel's  maiden  speech  was  against  the  Tithe  Rent-Charge  Recovery  Bill  of  1890.

He  died  of  a  heart  attack  in  1912.