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  • HOOSON, HUGH EMLYN (1925 - 2012), Liberal politician and public figure advocacy of a Welsh Assembly during 1978-79. Powys recorded the highest 'No' vote of all the Welsh counties in the Referendum of 1 March 1979, and in the general election which ensued in May, when the Liberal vote slumped badly, the seemingly impregnable 'man for Montgomeryshire' unexpectedly lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Delwyn Williams by a margin of 1593 votes. A ninety-nine year Liberal