St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)
| St Austell | |
|---|---|
|
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Penryn and Falmouth |
| Created from | East Cornwall and West Cornwall |
St Austell was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of St Austell in Cornwall. 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
Boundaries
The Sessional Divisions of Powder East and South, and Ryder, and the civil parishes of Ladock and St Blazey.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William Copeland Borlase | Liberal | |
| 1887 | William Alexander McArthur | Liberal | |
| 1908 | Thomas Agar-Robartes | Liberal | |
| 1915 | Sir Francis Layland-Barratt | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
W.A. McArthur
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Alexander McArthur | 3,450 | |||
| Liberal Unionist | R B Williams | 3,329 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ The Constitiutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 141 (165 in web page), Cornwall
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