Wednesday, 7 February 2018
1817 Frederick Gibbins
Constituency : Mid Glamorganshire 1910
The 1910 parliament was a short and stormy one. Asquith was able to continue in office with the support of Labour and the Irish Nationalists. The Unionists had to concede defeat on the People's Budget but the Liberals were not content to leave it there and moved to limit the powers of the Lords. Edward VII died and both parties agreed to a request from the new king to a constitutional convention. During its sitting Lloyd George suggested a new Centre party to sort the issues out and then fight Labour but it had few takers, The convention broke up without agreement and the Liberals pressed their plans forward. The king insisted on another election before he would accede to a request to create new Liberal peers. There were a number of by-elections in 1910 but most of them were used to return people who'd been defeated in January.
Frederick took over from Samuel Evans who became a judge. His selection was acrimonious and Frederick was rather reluctant to stand. The local Liberals were under pessure from the Liberal whip , the Master of Elibank to yield the seat to the South Wales Miners Federation, to maintain good relations with Lbour at Westminster. However the SWMF vice-chairman William Brace opposed Labour putting up a candidate. In the event, Frederick defeated a Labour candidate in a campaign with much anti-socialist rhetoric
Frederick was a Quaker from Neath. He was educated locally. He was a tinplate manufacturer. He was a benevolent employer and often asked to arbitrate in trade disputes.
Frederick did not enjoy parliamentary life and stood down in December.
Frederick was appointed to the Industrial Council in 1911.
In 1916, Frederick was appointed to the Appeal Tribunal for Glamorgan under the Military Service Act.
In 1921 Frederick sold his tinplate business for a six-figure sum and moved into insurance.
He died in 1937 aged 76.
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