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Campaign song dedicated to J. Herbert Lewis, Liberal MP for Flint Boroughs
Campaign song dedicated to J. Herbert Lewis, Liberal MP for Flint Boroughs
  • Thomas E. Ellis was first elected Liberal MP for Merionethshire in 1886, at the age of twenty-seven. He played a prominent role in the 'Young Wales' movement, which was established to campaign for Welsh Home Rule, and was made the Chief Whip of the Liberal Party in 1894. He died a young man in 1890.
Song dedicated to Tom Ellis MP, on the occasion of his victory in the 1895 election
Labour Election songs in support of Keir Hardie, 1906