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John Darwin Hinds
1922–1981
United Kingdom
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Biography
John Darwin Hinds (28 December 1922 - 15 March 1981) was a politician who became Wales' first Black and first Muslim councillor in 1958 and later, in 1975 became Wales's first Black mayor. His older sister, Elvira Gwenllian Payne (known as Gwen), was Wales' first Black female councillor.
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