Goronwy Owen (politician): Difference between revisions

Owen was elected as Liberal [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Caernarvonshire]] at the [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 general election]]. He defended the seat at the [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929 general election]] as a Liberal, beating Labour, Conservative and Welsh Nationalistnationalist opposition with a majority of 3,460.<ref>[[A. J. Sylvester]], Colin Cross (ed.) ''Life with Lloyd George; The Diaries of A J Sylvester, 1931-45'', Macmillan, 1975 p46</ref> At the [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931 election]] he was styled an Independent Liberal. He held his seat against Labour and two Nationalistnationalist opponents but by the much narrower majority of 694.<ref>Cross, op cit p46</ref> At the next election in [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935]], Owen again stood as an Independent Liberal against Labour and Nationalistnationalist opposition, increasing his majority to 1,497.<ref>Cross, op cit p136</ref> At Labour's landslide victory in the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]], he again had no Conservative candidate to contend with but he once more faced Labour and Welsh Nationalistnationalist challenge. He was beaten by the similarly named Labour candidate [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Owen Roberts]] by a majority of over 6,000.<ref>[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge45/i04.htm Not updated: UK General Election results: July 1945]{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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