William Brace

William Brace PC (September 23 1865 - October 12 1947), was a Labour MP and a member of the Lloyd George Coalition Government as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1916 to 1919.

Brace was educated at Board school and was a President of South Wales Miners Federation. In 1903 he applied to be the Labour candidate for South Glamorgan but the party did not think a Labour candidate could win the seat [1].

He was elected MP in 1906 for South Glamorganshire, and from 1918 sat for Abertillery. He resigned from the House of Commons in 1920. He became a permanent official in the Ministry of Labour.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Windham Wyndham-Quin	Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire 1906–1918	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Abertillery 1918–1920	Succeeded by George Barker
Political offices
Preceded by William Abraham	President of the South Wales Miners Federation 1912–1915	Succeeded by James Winstone