Dafydd Wigley
The Lord Wigley | |
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Wigley in 2006 | |
| Leader of Plaid Cymru | |
| In office 24 September 1991 – 3 August 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Dafydd Elis-Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Ieuan Wyn Jones |
| In office 1 November 1981 – 27 October 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Gwynfor Evans |
| Succeeded by | Dafydd Elis-Thomas |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Caernarfon | |
| In office 6 May 1999 – 1 May 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Alun Ffred Jones |
| Member of Parliament for Caernarfon | |
| In office 28 February 1974 – 14 May 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Goronwy Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Hywel Williams |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 19 January 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Wigley 1 April 1943 |
| Party | Plaid Cymru |
| Spouse | Elinor Bennett |
| Education | Rydal School |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Manchester |
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Dafydd Wynne Wigley, Baron Wigley, PC (born David Wigley; 1 April 1943) is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1981 to 1984 and again from 1991 to 2000. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Caernarfon from 1974 to 2001 and as the Member of the Welsh Assembly for Caernarfon from 1999 to 2003. In 2010, Wigley was granted life peerage, taking his seat in the House of Lords in 2011, making him one of the party's only two Lords in the HOL (alongside Carmen Smith, Baroness Smith of Llanfaes).