Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)
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Merioneth was a parliamentary constituency based on the historic county of Merionethshire in North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Meirionnydd Nant Conwy.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1660-1885
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Edmund Meyricke | ||
| 1661 | Henry Wynn | ||
| 1673 | William Price | ||
| 1679 | Sir John Wynn | ||
| 1681 | Sir Robert Owen | ||
| 1685 | Sir John Wynn | ||
| 1695 | Hugh Nanney | ||
| 1701 | Richard Vaughan | ||
| 1734 | William Vaughan | ||
| 1768 | John Pugh Pryse | ||
| 1774 | Evan Lloyd Vaughan | ||
| 1792 | Sir Robert Williames Vaughan | ||
| 1836 | Richard Richards | ||
| 1852 | William Watkin Edwards Wynn | ||
| 1865 | William Robert Maurice Wynne | ||
[edit] 1868-1974
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | David Williams | ||
| 1870 | Samuel Holland | ||
| 1885 | Henry Robertson | ||
| 1886 | Thomas Edward Ellis | Liberal | |
| 1899 | Owen Morgan Edwards | Liberal | |
| 1900 | Sir Arthur Osmond-Williams | ||
| 1910 | Sir Henry Haydn Jones | Liberal | |
| 1945 | Emrys Owain Roberts | Liberal | |
| 1951 | Thomas William Jones, later Baron Maelor | Labour | |
| 1966 | William Henry Edwards | Labour | |
| 1974 | Dafydd Elis-Thomas | Plaid Cymru | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished: see Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | ||
[edit] References
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
