Lewis Jones (politician)

Sir Lewis Jones (13 February 1884 – 10 December 1968)[1] was a British Liberal National Party politician.

[2] A supporter of the National Government led by former Labour Party leader Ramsay MacDonald, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West at the 1931 general election,[3] unseating the sitting Labour MP Howel Samuel.

Jones was re-elected in 1935, (when The Times described his campaign as having been subject to "organised rowdyism")[4] and was knighted in 1944 for political and public services,[2] but was heavily defeated at the 1945 general election.

[2] He had been secretary of the South Wales Siemens Steel Association for 44 years.

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