Brynle Williams Politician

Brynle Williams (9 January 1949 – 1 April 2011) was a North Wales Assembly Member (AM) for the Welsh Conservative Party in the National Assembly for Wales. Elected from the North Wales Regional list, he was Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs from 2007 to 2011. Williams, who was a farmer from North Wales, was a colourful political figure who was respected for his straight talking and campaigning on rural issues; although privately he admitted he never saw himself as a politician.Williams rise to prominence began in 1997–98 when he joined protesters blockading the Port of Holyhead on Anglesey over the importation of Irish beef. He later became a leader in the UK fuel protests in 2000.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 09, 1949
Birth place
Cilcain
Date of deathApril 01, 2011
Resting place
Mold , Cilcain

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Office holder

office
National Assembly for WalesWelsh
Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs
party
Welsh Conservative Party
region
North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)
successor

Brynle Williams on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/924774.stm
  2. http://www.assemblywales.org/memhome/mem-profile/mem-north_wales.htm
  3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-12909662
  4. http://www.brynlewilliams.com
  5. http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=wales.index.page=
  6. http://www.transaction-2007.com