Alec Jones, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Alec Jones

British politician

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1924

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1983

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Trevor Alec Jones (12 August 1924 – 20 March 1983) was a British Labour Party politician. Jones was born in Clydach Vale and educated at Rhondda Boys' Grammar School.
After obtaining a teaching qualification at Bangor Normal College, he taught from 1947 until 1967, when the death of the local MP, Iori Thomas, whose political agent Jones had been, created a vacancy which resulted in his own selection.Jones was Member of Parliament for Rhondda West from the 1967 Rhondda West by-election until the constituency was abolished in 1974, and for Rhondda from 1974 until he died in office shortly before the 1983 general election.
He was a junior minister for Social Security from 1974 to 1975 and for Wales from 1975 to 1979. Jones had suffered from a heart condition for some years prior to his death at the age of 58, which occurred at his home in Tonypandy.