East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
| East Cornwall | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Cornwall |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | Bodmin, Launceston and St Austell |
| Created from | Cornwall, Bossiney, Callington, Camelford, East Looe, Lostwithiel, St Germans, Saltash and West Looe |
East Cornwall was a county constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.
Boundaries
In 1832 the county of Cornwall, in south west England, was split for parliamentary purposes into two county divisions. These were the East division (with a place of election at Bodmin) and West Cornwall (where voting took place at Truro). Each division returned two members to Parliament.[1]
The parliamentary boroughs included in the East division, from 1832 to 1885 (whose non-resident 40 shilling freeholders voted in the county constituency), were Bodmin, Launceston and Liskeard.[2]
History
In 1885 this division was abolished, when the East and West Cornwall county divisions were replaced by six new single-member county constituencies. These were Bodmin (the South-Eastern division), Camborne (North-Western division), Launceston (North-Eastern division), St Austell (Mid division), St Ives (the Western division) and Truro. In addition the last remaining Cornish borough constituency was Penryn and Falmouth.
Members of Parliament
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Sir William Molesworth, Bt | Liberal | Sir William Salusbury-Trelawny, Bt | Liberal | ||
| 1837 | Lord Eliot | Conservative | Sir Hussey Vivian, Bt | Liberal | ||
| 1841 | William Rashleigh | Conservative | ||||
| 1845 by-election | William Pole-Carew | Conservative | ||||
| 1847 | Thomas Agar-Robartes | Liberal | ||||
| 1852 | Nicholas Kendall | Conservative | ||||
| 1868 | Sir John Salusbury-Trelawney, Bt | Liberal | Edward Brydges Willyams | Liberal | ||
| 1874 | Sir Colman Rashleigh, Bt | Liberal | John Tremayne | Conservative | ||
| 1880 | Hon. Thomas Agar-Robartes | Liberal | William Copeland Borlase | Liberal | ||
| 1882 by-election | Charles Dyke Acland | Liberal | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||||
Election results
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See also
References
- ↑ Writing about differences in dialects within Cornwall Thomas Q. Couch wrote in 1880: "If asked to define roughly a boundary, I know none better than the Parliamentary line from Crantock Bay, on St. George's Channel, to Veryan Bay, on the English Channel, which bisects the county."
- ↑ Smith (1844) The Parliaments of England
- 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)
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)