Merioneth, sometimes called Merionethshire, was a constituency in North Wales established in 1542, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English Parliament, and later
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Gwynfor Richard Evans was a Welsh politician, lawyer and author. He was President of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru for thirty-six years and was the first member of Parliament to represent it a
Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)
…Votes % ±% Liberal Emrys Roberts 8,495 35.8 −4.2 Labour Huw Morris Jones 8,383 35.4 +0.2 Conservative Craig Parry Hughes 4,374 18.5 −6.3 Plaid Cymru Gwynfor Evans 2,448 10.3 New Majority 112 0.4 −4.5 Turnout 23,700 82.2 +0.6 Liberal hold Swing -2.2 Elections in the 1950s General election 1950: Merioneth Party…
Evans in 1951
Evans speaking in Merioneth, during the 1959 UK Election
Gwynfor Evans memorial, on the approach to Garn Goch hillfort, near Llandeilo