Forfar (UK Parliament constituency)

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Forfarshire County constituency
Created:	1708
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons

Forfarshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1950.

[edit] Boundaries

In 1918 the constituency comprised the county of Forfar, except the county of the city of Dundee and the burghs of Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, and Forfar.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1708 John Carnegie (expelled)

• 1716 James Scott

• 1733 Robert Scott

• 1734 Thomas Lyon, later Earl of Strathmore

• 1735 William Maule, Earl of Panmure (from 1743)

• 1782 Archibald Douglas

• 1790 David Scott

• 1796 William Maule, later Baron Panmure

• 1796 Sir David Carnegie

• 1805 William Maule, later Baron Panmure

• 1831 Donald Ogilvy May

• 1832 Lord Douglas Gordon Hallyburton

• 1841 Lord John Frederick Gordon-Hallyburton

• 1852 Lauderdale Maule

• 1854 Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan, later Earl of Camperdown

• 1860 Charles Carnegie

• 1872 James William Barclay

• 1892 Sir John Rigby, QC

• 1894 Charles Maule Ramsay

• 1895 James Martin White

• 1897 John Sinclair, later Baron Pentland

• 1909 James Falconer

• 1918 William Thomas Shaw

• 1922 James Falconer

• 1924 Sir Harry Hope

• 1931 William Thomas Shaw

• 1945 Simon Ramsay, later Earl of Dalhousie

[edit] Election results

General Election 1931: Forfarshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Capt William Thomas Shaw	13,912
	Liberal	W. Scott	8,731

General Election 1906: Forfarshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Capt Rt Hon John Sinclair	6,796
	Conservative	J. Mackay Bernard	3,277