Tom Hooson


Tom Ellis Hooson was a British Conservative Party politician.

Political career

Hooson first stood for Parliament at Caernarvon in 1959, but was beaten by Labour's Goronwy Roberts.
He was Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Brecon and Radnor. He gained the seat from Labour in 1979, and held it until he died by a heart attack in office in 1985 at the age of 52. The Liberals won the resulting by-election by a narrow margin of 559 votes over Labour.

Family

Hooson was the cousin of Emlyn Hooson, former Liberal Party MP for Montgomeryshire.