David Thomas (Q61729)

D. Emlyn Thomas (1892-1954) born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, was a Labour Member of Parliament for the Aberdare division, Glamorgan, between 1946 and 1954. He was also a trade unionist. After attending evening classes in mining and mine surveying he became a qualified engineer. He was elected the miner's agent of the Merthyr and Aberdare valleys of the South Wales area executive of the National Union of Miners (NUM) and became an authority on workmen's compensation. He was a Sunday school teacher at Ebenezer Independent chapel, Trecynon, Aberdare. He was married and had three children.