Charles Stanton | |
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Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydfil | |
In office 1915–1918 Serving with Edgar Rees Jones (1910–1915) | |
Preceded by | Keir Hardie Edgar Jones |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Aberdare | |
In office 1918–1922 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | George Hall |
Personal details | |
Born | April 7, 1873 |
Died | December 6, 1946 | (aged 73)
Charles Butt Stanton (7 April 1873 – 6 December 1946) was a British politician, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1915 to 1922. He entered Parliament by winning one of the two seats for Merthyr Tydfil at a by-election on 25 November 1915 caused by the death of Labour Party founder, Keir Hardie. After the two-member Merthyr Tydfil seat was divided into two single member seats, Stanton focused on the Aberdare division, which he won at the 1918 general election, but lost at the 1922 general election.[1]