Speaking in the Senedd, Paul Davies AM, Interim-Leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the National Assembly, said:
It is with a heavy heart that I stand here today to pay this tribute to our friend Brynle Williams (pictured).
The Welsh Conservative Party is devastated by the loss of one of its most prominent political characters.
Brynle was a loyal Member, a true friend, one of the greatest advocates of farming and the countryside that this institution has probably ever seen.
Today, I’d like to pay tribute to his legacy – a legacy that was constructive in the way he held the Welsh Assembly Government to account, but at the same time he was always prepared to work constructively with Government Ministers as I’m sure Members will acknowledge.
He always considered himself a man of the countryside – a man connected to the landscape – he always considered himself to be a man of the countryside first and foremost.
Being a politician was secondary – that was the nature of the man – people always came first with him – he cared about people.
Brynle was universally popular across the Assembly Chamber and it is only right and proper that we pay tribute to him today.
He will be fondly remembered by everyone who met him for years to come.
Who can forget his sense of humour – he brightened up a room when entered it – and he always brought a smile to our faces.
Brynle is a huge loss to his family, to the Welsh Conservative Party, a loss to the people of North Wales, a loss to this institution and a loss to this nation.
It has been a privilege to have been a close friend of Brynle’s.
Brynle will be universally mourned across our country and our thoughts and prayers continue to remain with his family at this time.
Let me leave you with this poem; which sums up our loss-
“The loss cannot be measured now,
The void cannot be filled –
And though someday the grief may fade,
His mark will live on still.
For even with my heavy heart,
I know that I’ve been blessed
To have been one whose life he has touched
With warm so infinite.”
Brynle will be sorely missed.
