Charles Stanton

Charles Stanton
Charles Butt Stanton
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	(1873-04-07)April 7, 1873
Died	December 6, 1946(1946-12-06) (aged 73)

Charles Butt Stanton (7 April 1873 – 6 December 1946) was a British politician, who served as an 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]