Sir Charles Edwards (19 February 1867 – 15 June 1954) was a
Labour Party politician in the
United Kingdom
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.
Edwards was elected at the
1918 general election as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for the newly created
Bedwellty constituency in
Monmouthshire. He held the seat until he retired from
Parliament
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at the
1950 general election.
He was made a
Privy Councillor in 1940, and from 1940 to 1942 he was government
chief whip in the
war-time Coalition Government.
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1867 births
1954 deaths
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs
Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945
National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs
UK MPs 1918–1922
UK MPs 1922–1923
UK MPs 1923–1924
UK MPs 1924–1929
UK MPs 1929–1931
UK MPs 1931–1935
UK MPs 1935–1945
UK MPs 1945–1950
Welsh Labour Party MPs