Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Caernarvonshire County constituency
Created:	1542, 1918
Abolished:	1885, 1950
Type:	House of Commons

Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1542)

• 1660 – 1661: John Glynne

• 1661 – 1675: Richard Wynn

• 1675 – 1679: Robert Bulkeley

• 1679 – 1689: Thomas Bulkeley

• 1689 – 1697: William Williams

• 1697 – 1705: Thomas Bulkeley

• 1705 – 1713: John Wynn

• 1713 – 1715: William Griffith

• 1715 – 1740: John Griffith

• 1740 – 1741: John Wynn

• 1741 – 1754: William Bodvell

• 1754 – 1761: John Wynn

• 1761 – 1774: Thomas Wynn

• 1774 – 1780: Thomas Assheton-Smith

• 1780 – 1790: John Parry

• 1790 – 1826: Robert Williams

• 1826 – 1830: Thomas John Wynn

• 1830 – 1832: Charles Wynne

• 1832 – 1837: Thomas Assheton-Smith, Conservative

• 1837 – 1841: John Ralph Ormsby-Gore, Conservative

• 1841 – 1866: Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, Conservative

• 1866 – 1868: George Sholto Douglas-Pennant, Conservative

• 1868 – 1874: Thomas Duncombe Love Jones-Parry, Liberal

• 1874 – 1880: George Sholto Douglas-Pennant, Conservative

• 1880 – 1880: Charles James Watkin Williams, Liberal

• 1880 – 1885: William Rathbone, Liberal

• Constituency abolished (1885)

• Constituency re-created (1918)

• 1918 – 1922: Charles Edward Breese, Coalition Liberal

• 1922 – 1923: Robert Thomas Jones, Labour

• 1923 – 1945: Goronwy Owen, Liberal

• 1945 – 1950: Goronwy Owen Roberts, Labour

• Constituency abolished (1950)

[edit] Sources

• Historical list of MPs