Ness Edwards

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Onesimus "Ness" Edwards (* 5. April 1897 ; † 3. May 1968 ) was a British politician of the Labor Party , who from 1939 until his death in 1968 a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) was and from 1950 to 1951 Postmaster General ( Postmaster General) was.

Life

Edwards was on July 4, 1939 by an by the death of Morgan Jones made necessary by-election in the constituency of Caerphilly first time as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) selected and represented in this until his death on May 3, 1968, the interests of the Labor Party . After Prime Minister Clement Attlee took office on August 4, 1950, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labor . As part of a government reshuffle after the general election on February 23, 1950 , he took over the post of Postmaster-General from Wilfred Paling on February 28, 1950 and held this post until the end of Attlee's tenure on October 27, 1951. However, he was not a member of the cabinet .

From his marriage to Elina Victoria Edwards his daughter Llinos "Llin" Edwards emerged, who was also a member of the House of Commons from 1986 to 2001 and was raised to life peer as Baroness Golding of Newcastle-under-Lyme in 2001 and thus a member of the House of Lords ( House of Lords ) is.

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SURNAME Edwards, Ness
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edwards, Onesimus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Labor Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1897
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1968