Saturday, 8 December 2018
2114 Lewis Jones
Constituency : Swansea West 1931-45 ( Liberal National )
Lewis took back Swansea West as a Liberal National facilitated by the Tories withdrawing.
Lewis was educated at Ammanford Secondary and Reading University and became a schoolteacher until 1910. He worked in the Ministry of Munitions during World War One becoming secretary of the priority department. He was secretary of the South Wales Siemens Steel Association for 44 years. He was a Welsh-speaking Congregationalist.
Lewis was re-elected though his majority was slashed by two-thirds in 1935.
Lewis was knighted in 1944.
Lewis was defeated in 1945. He stood again as a "National Liberal and Conservative" candidate in 1950 and recovered a little ground.
Lewis served on the General Advisory Council of the BBC from 1952. He wrote many articles on industrial and economic matters.
He died in 1968 aged 84.
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