Hugh Emlyn-Jones
His Honour Hugh Emlyn-Jones JP (1902 – 9 June 1970), was a British Judge and briefly a Liberal Party politician.
Background
Emlyn Jones was the son of Evan and Ellen Jones of
Politics
At the age of 27 Emlyn Jones was Liberal candidate for the Chorley Division of Lancashire at the 1929 General Election;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Douglas Hewitt Hacking | 19,728 | 45.6 | ||
Labour | William Taylor | 18,369 | 42.4 | ||
Liberal | Hugh Emlyn Jones | 5,207 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 1,359 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 43,304 | ||||
Unionist hold
|
Swing |
He did not stand for parliament again.[3]
Professional career
Emlyn-Jones started practicing law as a solicitor in Manchester. For 5 years he gave his services voluntarily as a Poor Man's Lawyer.
External links
- Hugh Emlyn-Jones at the National Portrait Gallery: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp77045/hugh-emlyn-jones
References
- ^ ‘EMLYN-JONES, His Honour Hugh’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 6 April 2014
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1929
- ^ ‘EMLYN-JONES, His Honour Hugh’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 6 April 2014