South Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
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South Devon County constituency |
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Created: | 1832 |
Abolished: | 1885 |
Type: | House of Commons |
Members: | two |
South Devon is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was formally known as the Southern Division of Devon. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire.
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[edit] Boundaries
In 1832 the county of Devon, in south western England, was divided for Parliamentary purposes between this constituency and North Devon. In 1868 the Devon county constituencies were re-arranged into North, South and East Devon divisions. Each of these divisions returned two members of Parliament.
In 1885 the three divisions were again re-cast, so that Devon was represented by eight single member County constituencies (there were also three borough constituencies, two of which returned two members and the third one member). The county was split between the new smaller constituencies of Ashburton (alternatively the Mid Division), Barnstaple (the North-Western Division), Honiton (the Eastern Division), South Molton (the Northern Division), Tavistock (the Western Division), Tiverton (the North-Eastern Division), Torquay and Totnes (the Southern Division). The constituencies in this redistribution are normally referred to by the distinctive place name rather than the alternative compass point designation, so the South Devon division is considered to have been abolished in 1885.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1832)
Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1832 | Lord John Russell | Liberal | John Crocker Bulteel | Liberal | ||
1835 | Sir John Buller Yarde-Buller, Bt | Conservative | ||||
May 1835 | Montague Edmund Newcombe Parker | Conservative | ||||
1841 | Lord Courtenay | Conservative | ||||
1849 | Sir Ralph Lopes, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1854 | Sir Lawrence Palk, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1858 | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich | Conservative | ||||
1868 | Sir Massey Lopes, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1873 | John Carpenter Garnier | Conservative | ||||
1884 | John Tremayne | Conservative |
- Constituency abolished (1885)
[edit] Elections
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)