Gareth Jones (Welsh politician)
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Gareth Jones OBE |
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| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Aberconwy |
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In office 3 May 2007 – 30 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | New Constituency |
| Succeeded by | Janet Finch-Saunders |
| Majority | 1,693 (8.2%) |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Conwy |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Succeeded by | Denise Idris Jones |
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14 May 1939 Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Gareth Jones OBE (born 14 May 1939) is a Welsh politician. He was a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Conwy from 1999 until 2003 when he lost by 72 votes. He sought a successful re-election to the newly created Aberconwy constituency in 2007 before retiring in 2011. He was also a Llandudno town councillor representing the Craig-y-Don ward.
In July 2007 he was elected Chair of the Assembly's new Enterprise and Learning Committee.
Prior to winning the Aberconwy constituency he was the cabinet member for finance and resources and the leader of the Plaid Cymru party group on Conwy County Borough Council.
On 26 September 2010 Gareth Jones announced that he would not be standing for election in the 2011 National Assembly for Wales elections.
Gareth Jones was born in Blaenau Ffestiniog but now lives in Craig-y-Don, a suburb of Llandudno. A former headmaster of Ysgol John Bright, Llandudno's secondary school, he graduated with a BA from the University of Wales, Swansea. Gareth Jones' political interests include social justice, the Welsh language and education. His hobbies include reading and walking. His wife formerly owned a local bookshop.
Between 1999 and 2003, Jones was a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the then constituency of Conwy and was Shadow Minister for Education and later chairman of the Education Committee. In the 2003 Assembly election, he lost his seat by the narrow margin of 72 votes to Labour's Denise Idris Jones amid allegations of electoral fraud by Royal Mail (after they failed to deliver some 11,000 of his electoral leaflets to parts of Llandudno and surrounding areas).
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