Saturday, 10 March 2018
1848 Josiah Jones
Constituency : Carmarthenshire East 1912-18, Llanelli 1918-21
Josiah took over from the deceased Abel Thomas for whom he'd been acting as agent for the past twenty years.
Josiah was the son of a shoe-maker. He began work as a farm worker then worked at sea as a cabin boy and cook but was dismissed after a crockery accident He then became a Congregationalist minister. He was a friend of Tom Ellis and Lloyd George.
Josiah made few contributions in Parliament. He supported Welsh disestablishment and the establishment of a National Library in Wales.
Josiah helped recruit into the Welsh Guards during World War One but he opposed conscription. He became a whip for Lloyd George. He saw the Coalition as upholding the traditional Liberal ethic of free enterprise and class harmony against socialism.
In 1918 Josiah switched to Llanelli where he won in a straight fight with Labour.
Josiah stood down in 1922.
He died in 1925 aged 66.
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