John Edwards (Welsh politician)
- John Edwards (Welsh politician)
John Edwards (1882 – 23 May 1960) was a British politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) from 1918 to 1922.
Edwards was first elected to Parliament in the 1918 general election for the Welsh constituency of Aberavon. He served only one term in Parliament before being defeated at the 1922 general election. Ramsay MacDonald, who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, replaced him as Aberavon's MP. Edwards died in 1960 aged 77.
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*"British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)
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