Background
Born in Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, he left school aged thirteen when his father died.
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David Mort
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After initially working in an outfitters shop, he subsequently entered the local steel works. Mort joined the Independent Labour Party in 1906, and in 1915 became South Wales secretary of the Steel Trades Confederation. The Second Labour Government formed after the election subsequently collapsed and a National Government was formed.
The government went to the country in a general election in October 1931.
Mort, along with the majority of Labour MPs, lost his seat. Mort stood, unsuccessfully, at the 1935 general election in Bilston.
He was returned to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Swansea East at an unopposed by-election in 1940, following the death of the Labour Member of Parliament David Williams. He held the seat until his own death in 1963 aged 74, triggering another by-election.
Membership
35th United Kingdom Parliament. 37th United Kingdom Parliament. 38th United Kingdom Parliament.
39th United Kingdom Parliament.
40th United Kingdom Parliament. 41st United Kingdom Parliament.
42nd United Kingdom Parliament]
He was also involved in local politics as a member of Briton Ferry Urban District Council and Neath Borough Council. At the 1929 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Ecclesiastical
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Political Party
Labour Party