Brynle Williams | |
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Member of the Welsh Assembly for North Wales | |
In office 1 May 2003 – 1 April 2011 | |
Preceded by | Peter Rogers |
Succeeded by | Antoinette Sandbach |
Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs | |
In office 11 July 2007 – 1 April 2011 | |
Leader | Nick Bourne |
Preceded by | Elin Jones |
Succeeded by | Antoinette Sandbach |
Personal details | |
Born | Cilcain, Wales | 9 January 1949
Died | 1 April 2011 | (aged 62)
Resting place | Cilcain, Mold |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Mary Williams |
Brynle Williams (9 January 1949 – 1 April 2011) was a Welsh Conservative politician who was the Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs from 2007 to 2011, and a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the North Wales Region from 2007 to his death in 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.[1]
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.[2] He later became a leader in the UK fuel protests in 2000.[3]
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