Thomas Griffiths (politician)

Thomas Griffiths MP
In office 14 December 1918 – 14 November 1935
Succeeded by	Arthur Jenkins
Constituency	Pontypool
Personal details
Born	1867 Neath, Wales
Died	4 February 1955 Oxford, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Mary Elizabeth Morgan
Children	2
Profession	Trade Union Official

Thomas Griffiths (1867–1955) was a Welsh trade union official and Labour Party politician, he was a Member of Parliament for Pontypool from 1918 to 1935.

Griffiths was born in 1867 in Neath, Wales and was educated at the Melyn Voluntary School. In 1899 at the age of 32 Griffiths became a student at the newly opened Ruskin College in Oxford, England. In his home town he worked in the local steel industry and also served on Neath Town Council.

He was appointed a Divisional Officer of Iron and Steel Trades Confederation and in the 1918 General Election he became the Member of Parliament for Neath. Between 1919 and 1925 he was a Labour Party Whip and in 1924 he briefly became the Treasure of the King's Household.

He married Mary Elizabeth Morgan in 1891 and they had a son and a daughter, he died aged 87 in Oxford, England on 4 February 1955.

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