John Emlyn-Jones
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Member of Parliament for North Dorset |
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In office 15 November 1922 – 29 October 1924 |
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| Preceded by | William Philip Colfox |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Hanbury |
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John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones 22 January 1889 Cardiff, Wales |
| Died | 3 March 1952 (aged 63) ca 1 km N of Nice-la Var Airport, Nice |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Rhoda Emlyn-Jones (19??-1952; their deaths) |
| Children | 2 |
John Emlyn Emlyn-Jones (22 January 1889 – 3 March 1952) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician and shipowner.
Emlyn-Jones had a private education in Cardiff, France, Spain and Italy before making his reputation in the shipping industry. In 1911 he went into partnership with E. Williams as shipowners. In 1915 he started on his own with a fleet of small coasting steamers using the experience he had gained while working in a shipping office in Bordeaux. In 1920 he founded the Dragon Steam Ship Company to operate deep sea tramping routes. The affairs of his own enterprises took him all over the world on business and he was also a director of the Green Star Shipping Co, the Ocean Salvage and Towage Co and one time Chairman of the Cardiff Pilotage Authority.
In addition, Emlyn-Jones was one time President of Cardiff Chamber of Commerce and was elected Chairman of the Cardiff and Bristol Channel Shipowners’ Association in 1931.
Emlyn-Jones held many offices in the Liberal Party including being Chairman of the Liberal Federation of Wales and President of the North Dorset Liberal Association.
At the 1922 general election, Emlyn-Jones was elected to Parliament for the constituency of North Dorset and he retained the seat in 1923. In a predominantly rural constituency, one of Emlyn-Jones’ concerns was to represent the interests of agricultural workers. During the first Labour government, Emlyn-Jones pointed out how Labour, supported by the Conservative opposition, was not standing up robustly enough for agricultural labourers by refusing to incorporate this group into a Minimum Wages Bill, which he attempted unsuccessfully to amend. However, in the 1924 general election it was the Conservatives under Stanley Baldwin, who were mostly credibly able to make a national appeal to farm workers as the champions of rural England and Emlyn-Jones lost his seat to Conservative candidate, Cecil Hanbury.
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