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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[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

General Election 1886: Forfarshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	James William Barclay	3,839
	Liberal	David Charles Guthrie	3,432

General Election 1885: Forfarshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	James William Barclay	6,157
	Conservative	William Alexander Lindsay	1,851

[edit] See also

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