Albert Clifford Williams, BEM (28 June 1905 – 1987) was a Welsh Labour Party politician and miner at Rose Heyworth Colliery in Abertillery. He went to a primary school in

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, Monmouthshire but started work in the mines at the age of 14. Williams became a National Union of Mineworkers official in 1934. In 1952 he became a Justice of the Peace and he was a member of hospital boards for thirty years. He was also Chairman of Usk River Board for ten years. Williams was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1957. A Monmouthshire County Councillor, he became a County

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in 1964 and served until 1974 when Aldermen were abolished. In April 1965 he was elected as

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(MP) for the safe Labour seat of

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in a

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after the death of sitting MP Llywelyn Williams. He was re-elected to the

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at the 1966 general election but stood down in 1970. After the end of his Parliamentary career, Williams served on the Sports Council for Wales (now Sport Wales) from 1972 to 1975. He also became a member of the Welsh National Water Development Authority.

References

* Who's Who of British MPs, Vol. IV, Harvester Press, 1981. {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Clifford Welsh Labour Party MPs Welsh miners Welsh trade unionists Councillors in Wales National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 Recipients of the British Empire Medal 1905 births 1987 deaths