True Arthur

Arthur True

Long-term Rhondda Communist and County Council Councillor in Wales for Treherbert, True was a member of the ETU (and its later incarnations). He was also a Communist Parliamentary candidate and, at one point, a member of the Executive Committee of the Party.

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     Arthur True’s election 1970 address

  True stood in Rhondda West – Labour held the seat with 74.76%, followed by Plaid Cymru on 14.05%;    the Tory got 6.41% and Arthur True, as the Communist, polled 1,201 votes, or 4.78%.

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