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Abi Williams (died 1963) was a Welsh nationalist who briefly served as the President of Plaid Cymru. A member of the Independent Labour Party, Williams was known for his oration.〔Gwynfor Evans, ''For the Sake of Wales'', pp.60, 138〕 In 1936, he left the ILP and joined Plaid Cymru,〔"Abi Williams - arweinydd a gweithiwr diflino", ''Welsh Nation'', March 1963〕 and as a result was victimised and dismissed from his job, surveying roads in Flintshire; he eventually received compensation for the dismissal.〔Alan Butt Philip, ''The Welsh Question: Nationalism in Welsh Politics, 1945-1970'', p.73〕 Despite not being a prominent figure in Plaid, he was elected President in 1943.〔〔 He was also selected as the party's prospective candidate for Merioneth.〔 However, he was unable to fulfil either responsibility, as he suffered with what was described as a "nervous condition", and the leadership of the party was in practice covered by his Vice President, Gwynfor Evans.〔"(Evans, Gwynfor Richard )", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''〕 Evans replaced Williams as the candidate for Merioneth in the 1945 UK general election, and replaced him as party President later in the year.〔 Williams died early in 1963.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abi Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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