He was a member of Manchester City Council for thirty years, and also president of the Manchester and Salford Trades Council and of the Withington Divisional Parliamentary Labour Party.[1]
He retained the Westhoughton seat through successive elections until he retired from the House of Commons early in 1951 due to ill health.[2] At the time he was the longest-serving Labour MP. Davies was a strong supporter of the temperance and pacifist movements, whose causes he advocated in Parliament and in the country. He was also a committed parliamentarian, and served as joint secretary of the British group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.[1]
He married Margaret Griffiths in 1902, and they had three sons. Davies died at his home in Porthcawl, Glamorgan, in 1954, aged 77.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcd'Obituary: Mr R J Davies', The Times, 2 November 1954.
^'MP not to seek re-election', The Times, 10 April 1951, p. 7.
External linksedit
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Rhys Davies
rhys, davies, politician, rhys, john, davies, april, 1877, october, 1954, british, trade, unionist, labour, party, politician, daviesdavies, born, llangennech, carmarthenshire, wales, rhys, davies, after, elementary, education, initially, worked, farm, laboure. Rhys John Davies 16 April 1877 31 October 1954 was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician DaviesDavies was born in Llangennech Carmarthenshire Wales the son of Rhys and Ann Davies After an elementary education he initially worked as a farm labourer He subsequently moved to the Rhondda Valley where he worked as a coalminer for ten years From an early age he was involved in the local co operative society and became a union official organising shop assistants throughout South Wales This led to his moving to Manchester to take up a post with the Amalgamated Union of Co operative Employees and later the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers 1 He was a member of Manchester City Council for thirty years and also president of the Manchester and Salford Trades Council and of the Withington Divisional Parliamentary Labour Party 1 In 1921 William Wilson Labour Member of Parliament MP for Westhoughton died and Davies was elected at a by election to succeed him He served in the first Labour Government in 1924 as Under Secretary of State for the Home Department This was the only government office he held He retained the Westhoughton seat through successive elections until he retired from the House of Commons early in 1951 due to ill health 2 At the time he was the longest serving Labour MP Davies was a strong supporter of the temperance and pacifist movements whose causes he advocated in Parliament and in the country He was also a committed parliamentarian and served as joint secretary of the British group of the Inter Parliamentary Union 1 He married Margaret Griffiths in 1902 and they had three sons Davies died at his home in Porthcawl Glamorgan in 1954 aged 77 1 References edit a b c d Obituary Mr R J Davies The Times 2 November 1954 MP not to seek re election The Times 10 April 1951 p 7 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Rhys DaviesParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byWilliam Wilson Member of Parliament for Westhoughton1921 1951 Succeeded byTom PricePolitical officesPreceded byGodfrey Locker Lampson Under Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentJanuary 1924 November 1924 Succeeded byDouglas Hacking nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom MP representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rhys Davies politician amp oldid 1143448282, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
