Mick Bates, the former Welsh Liberal Democrat politician has died at age 74, the party announced.
What happened to Mick Bates? How did Mick Bates die? The party said in a statement that Mr. Bates died “following a battle with cancer.”
Following his death, his daughter Ruth published a tribute to him on Facebook, saying:
Mr. Bates was elected as the Liberal Democrat member for the Montgomeryshire constituency in the inaugural Welsh Assembly elections in 1999 and served diligently as its member until 2011.
Prior to that, he worked as a teacher, a farmer and as a Liberal Democrat county councillor.
Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader and current Senedd Member Jane Dodds eulogized Mr. Bates, saying: