St Augustine's (UK Parliament constituency)

St Augustine's
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Number of members one

St Augustine's was a parliamentary constituency in Kent. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

History

In its 33-year existence this constituency only ever elected two Members of Parliament, both Conservatives; its first MP was the former Home Secretary, Aretas Akers-Douglas.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Aretas Akers-Douglas Conservative
1911 by-election Ronald McNeill Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

References


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