Constituency : South Monmouthshire 1917-18
Abraham took over at South Monmouthshire when Ivor Herbert was elevated to the peerage.
Abraham was the younger brother of the former Gower MP John Thomas. He was educated at Milford Haven and Edinburgh University. He studied medicine and became a surgeon. In 1892 he went into newspapers and founded the South Wales Argus.In 1915, he donated a house in Newport for the treatment of consumptive children.
Abraham stood down in 1918 but became president of the Newport Liberal Association. In 1922 he was approached to stand in the Newport by-election but declined.
He died in 1931 aged 77.
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