John Edwards
Politician
1904 – 1959
Who was John Edwards?
Lewis John Edwards, OBE was a British university lecturer, trade union leader and Labour Party politician.
Lewis John Edwards was born in Aylesbury, the son of a railwayman, and educated at the Aylesbury Grammar School. After working for a bank, he studied for the priesthood at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, but decided his vocation lay outside the church. He then completed a degree in Economics at Leeds University.
He became a staff tutor at the University of Leeds and lectured in economics for the Workers Educational Association. He was elected to Leeds City Council, and after working in a university appointment in Birmingham, he became secretary for adult education at Liverpool University.
While at Liverpool, he was elected general secretary of the Post Office Engineering Union. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Blackburn in the United Kingdom general election of 1945. He became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Stafford Cripps at the Board of Trade, and then in 1947 he was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health.
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- Born
- May 27, 1904
- Also known as
- Lewis John Edwards
- Education
- University of Leeds
- Died
- Nov 23, 1959
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on July 23, 2013
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