| 词条 | Syd Morgan |
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Syd Morgan is a Welsh nationalist politician. Morgan studied at the University College Swansea and became active in Plaid Cymru. He was a founder member of the National Left group within the party in 1980.[1] By 1984, Morgan was a Plaid Cymru member of the Rhymney Valley District Council, and was also the party's Senior Vice-Chairman, while working as a housing officer in Cardiff.[2] At the 1984 European election, Morgan stood in South Wales East, taking fourth place with 8.7% of the votes cast.[3] Later in the year, he was elected as party chairman, serving until 1990 when he became its treasurer. Morgan stood for the UK Parliament at the 1989 Pontypridd by-election, in which he took second place with more than a quarter of the vote.[4] In 1992, Morgan married Jill Evans, a prominent Plaid politician.[5] Following the redistricting of local government in Wales, he became a councillor in Rhondda Cynon Taf for many years, losing his seat in 2004 and last standing in 2008.[6] He works as a lecturer at Swansea University, was until 2011 a member of the bureau of the Centre Maurits Coppieters, and was a founder of the Welsh Nationalism Foundation.[7] References1. ^Laura McAllister, Plaid Cymru: the emergence of a political party, p.175 {{s-start}}{{s-ppo}}{{succession box | title = Chair of Plaid Cymru | years = 1984–1990 | before = Dafydd Iwan | after = Ieuan Wyn Jones}}{{s-end}}{{Plaid Cymru}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Syd}}2. ^BBC, Guide to the European Elections, 1984, p.217 3. ^"Wales", United Kingdom Election Results 4. ^Laura McAllister, Plaid Cymru: the emergence of a political party, p.117 5. ^Vacher's European Companion, No.109-110, p.351 6. ^"[https://archive.is/20140114193147/http://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/en/councildemocracy/democracyelections/elections-publishingresults/countyboroughelections2008.aspx County Borough Elections 2008]", Rhondda Cynon Taf 7. ^Martin Shipton, "Labour queries public funding for Plaid-linked research foundation", Western Mail, 12 December 2012 7 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Academics of Swansea University|Alumni of Swansea University|Plaid Cymru parliamentary candidates|Members of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council|Plaid Cymru councillors |
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