William Abraham (Welsh politician)

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William "Mabon" Abraham (14 June 1842 – 14 May 1922) was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour politician, and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1885 to 1920.

He was born in Cwmavon, Glamorgan in 1842 and became a coal miner at the age of ten.

Abraham was elected at the 1885 general election as the Liberal-Labour (Lib-Lab) MP for the new Rhondda constituency in South Wales, one of twelve Lib-Lab MPs elected that year. After his re-election at the January 1910 general election, he and the other Lib-Lab MPs from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain joined the Labour Party.

He held the Rhondda seat until its abolition at the 1918 general election, when he was elected for the new Rhondda West constituency. He resigned his seat in 1920, and died two years later aged 78.

[edit] References

• William Abraham bio on Schoolnet
• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Rhondda 1885–1918	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Rhondda West 1918–1920	Succeeded by William John
Political offices
Preceded by new position	President of the South Wales Miners Federation 1898–1912	Succeeded by William Brace