John Henry Williams

Who was John Henry Williams?

Dr John Henry Williams, also known as Snowden Williams, was a Liverpool-born Welsh Labour Party politician.

Educated in Cardiff, Oxford and at the London Hospital, he graduated with the Licence of the Society of Apothecaries in 1902.

He was initially employed as a ship's surgeon for the Booth Shipping Line, before becoming a general practitioner in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire. He was elected to Burry Port Urban District Council, serving as its chairman. He was also a member of Carmarthenshire County Council where he was the chairman of the health committee and of the child welfare committee.

At the 1922 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Llanelli, and held the seat until he died from pneumonia in 1936.