Brynle Williams

Brynle Williams
Official portrait, 2007
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for North Wales
In office
1 May 2003 – 1 April 2011
Preceded byPeter Rogers
Succeeded byAntoinette Sandbach
Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs
In office
11 July 2007 – 1 April 2011
LeaderNick Bourne
Preceded byElin Jones
Succeeded byAntoinette Sandbach
Personal details
Born(1949-01-09)9 January 1949
Cilcain, Wales
Died1 April 2011(2011-04-01) (aged 62)
Resting placeCilcain, Mold
Political partyConservative
SpouseMary 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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference POST was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Food Standards: Protesting beef farmers send cheap Irish imports packing to a watery grave". The Independent. 2 December 1997. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  3. ^ "The Welsh farmer behind the protest". BBC. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 13 April 2011.