constituency_am predecessor successor death_date birth_place leader assembly imagesize party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name restingplace
north wales elin jones peter rogers antoinette sandbach antoinette sandbach 1 april 2011 cilcain nick bourne national assembly for wales welsh 150px conservative shadow minister for rural affairs 9 january 1949 11 july 2007 1 may 2003 mary williams brynle williams
 1 april 2011 1 april 2011 brynle williams cilcain , mold
brynle williams

brynle williams -lrb- 9 january 1949 -- 1 april 2011 -rrb- was a north wales assembly member -lrb- am -rrb- for the welsh conservative party in the national assembly for wales .
elected from the north wales regional list , he was shadow minister for rural affairs from 2007 to 2011 .
williams , who was a farmer from north wales , was a colourful political figure who was respected for his straight talking and campaigning on rural issues ; although privately he admitted he never saw himself as a politician .
williams rise to prominence began in 1997 -- 98 when he joined protesters blockading the port of holyhead on anglesey over the importation of irish beef .
he later became a leader in the uk fuel protests in 2000 .
