South Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Devon
County constituency
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
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

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[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)


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