Arthur Jenkins (British politician)

Arthur Jenkins
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education
In office
4 August 1945 – 30 October 1945
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byThelma Cazalet-Keir
Succeeded byDavid Hardman
Member of Parliament
for Pontypool
In office
14 November 1935 – 25 April 1946
Preceded byThomas Griffiths
Succeeded byDaniel Granville West
Personal details
Born(1882-02-03)3 February 1882
Varteg, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died25 April 1946(1946-04-25) (aged 64)
St Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth, London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Hattie Harris
(m. 1911)
Children1, Roy
EducationRuskin College

Arthur Jenkins (3 February 1882 – 25 April 1946) was a Welsh coal-miner, trade unionist and Labour politician who served as vice-president of the South Wales Miners' Federation and MP for Pontypool. He was the father of the Labour (and later Liberal Democrat) politician Roy Jenkins.