sentences:  In 1889 he was stood for election to the Glamorgan County Council for the Hirwaun ward.The contest was marked by accusations (originally made at the time of the Glamorgan county election of 1880) that Lewis, as a prominent coal owner and land agent, had refused requests by nonconformists for land to build chapels.He publicly refuted these allegations, at a meeting held at Ebenezer, Trecynon.