Abi Williams (died 1963) was a

Welsh nationalist Welsh nationalism ( cy, Cenedlaetholdeb Cymreig) emphasises and celebrates the distinctiveness of Welsh culture and Wales as a nation or country. Welsh nationalism may also include calls for further autonomy or self determination which includes ...

who briefly served as the President of

Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid wa ...

. A member of the

Independent Labour Party The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse working-class candidates ...

, Williams was known for his oratory.

Gwynfor Evans Gwynfor Richard Evans (1 September 1912 – 21 April 2005) was a Welsh politician, lawyer and author. He was President of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru for thirty-six years and was the first Member of Parliament to represent it at Westmi ...

, ''For the Sake of Wales'', pp. 60, 138 In 1936, he left the ILP and joined Plaid Cymru, and as a result was victimised and dismissed from his job, surveying roads in

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; he eventually received compensation for the dismissal.Alan Butt Philip, ''The Welsh Question: Nationalism in Welsh Politics, 1945–1970'', p.73 Despite not being a prominent figure in Plaid, he was elected President in 1943. He was also selected as the party's prospective candidate for

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. However, he was unable to fulfil either responsibility, as he suffered with what was described as a "nervous condition", and the leadership of the party was in practice covered by his Vice President,

.Evans, Gwynfor Richard
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'' Evans replaced Williams as the candidate for Merioneth in the 1945 general election, and replaced him as party President later in the year. Williams died early in 1963.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Abi Year of birth missing 1963 deaths Leaders of Plaid Cymru Independent Labour Party politicians