Events
- January - Ramsay MacDonald, MP for Aberavon, becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the UK.
- 26 April - Harry Grindell Matthews fails to convince the War Office of the efficacy of his new invention, the "death ray".
- 23 October - Formal opening of new Guildhall, Swansea, designed by Percy Thomas in stripped classical style and incorporating the Brangwyn Hall.
- 29 October - In the United Kingdom general election, 1924:
- The Welsh electorate is 1,289,924
- Of 36 Welsh MPs, eight are elected unopposed.
- MacDonald loses his position as Prime Minister
- Only one female candidate stands for election in Wales.
- Newly-elected MPs include Walter D'Arcy Hall (Brecon and Radnor), Henry Arthur Evans (Cardiff South), Alfred Mond (Carmarthen) and Walter Runciman (Swansea West).
- Ernest Evans defeats George Maitland Lloyd Davies to win the University of Wales seat for the Liberals.
- Vernon Hartshorn becomes Postmaster-General.
- Jimmy Thomas becomes Colonial Secretary.
- David Ifon Jones becomes the only Welshman ever to be given a state funeral in the Soviet Union.
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