Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election.
Until 1832, it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Thereater, its representation was reduced to one member until its abolition in 1983.
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- 1874 – 1880: William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe
- 1880 – 1885: William Nicholson
- 1885 – 1892: William Waldegrave Palmer
- 1892 – 1897: William Wickham
- 1897 – 1935: William Graham Nicholson
- 1935 – 1941: Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith
- 1941 – 1951: Sir George Jeffreys
- 1951 – 1960: Peter Legh
- 1960 – 1974: Joan Quennell
- 1974 – 1983: Michael Mates
- 1983 constituency abolished
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.