St George's (UK Parliament constituency)

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See also Westminster St George's, prev known as St George's Hanover Square

St George's Borough constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

St George's was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was part of the Parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets and returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 History 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. It was often known as "St George's in the East" to distinguish it from the similarly named constituency in the West End.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative
	1892	John Williams Benn	Liberal
	1895	Harry Hananel Marks
	1900	Sir Thomas Robert Dewar
	1906	William Wedgwood Benn	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.