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Forfarshire was a Scottish county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1950.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Forfarshire.

Boundaries

The Representation of the People Act 1918 defined the constituency as consisting of the county of Forfar, except the county of the city of Dundee and the burghs of Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, and Forfar. The four excepted burghs formed part of the Montrose District of Burghs.

The county of Forfarshire was renamed Angus in 1928. However, no change was made in the name of the constituency prior to its abolition.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system until the seat was abolished for the 1950 general election.

The constituency was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1948, which reorganised parliamentary boundaries throughout the United Kingdom. The seat was divided between North Angus and Mearns (which also included Kincardineshire) and South Angus.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Maule was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Panmure and causing a by-election.

• On petition, Ogilvy was unseated in favour of Gordon-Hallyburton

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Maule was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.

Maule's death caused a by-election.

Haldane-Duncan was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Haldane-Duncan succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Camperdown, and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Carnegie resigned after being appointed Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland.

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Rigby is appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

Rigby resigns after being appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, triggering a by-election.

White resigns, triggering a by-election.

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: William T. Shaw
• Liberal:

References

1. Representation of the People Act 1918, Ninth Schedule, Part II, Parliamentary Counties in Scotland
2. "Angus - What's in a name". Angus Council. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
3. "Forfarshire (Angus)". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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8. Representation of the People Act 1948, First Schedule, Parliamentary Constituencies, Part III: Scotland
9. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
10. ^ Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 202. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Google Books.
11. Escott, Margaret. "MAULE, Hon. William Ramsay (1771-1852), of Panmure and Brechin Castle, Forfar". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
12. Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 109. Retrieved 18 August 2019 – via Google Books.
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14. "County of Forfar". Edinburgh Evening Courant. 17 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
15. Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 75. Retrieved 26 October 2018 – via Google Books.
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17. The Annual Register, or a View of the History and Politics, of the Year 1841. J. G. & F. Rivington. 1842. p. 65. Retrieved 8 April 2018 – via Google Books.
18. "South Eastern Gazette". 17 October 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
19. ^ Escott, Margaret. "Forfarshire (Angus)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
20. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
21. The Times, April 1880.
22. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
23. ^ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
24. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
25. "Election Intelligence: Forfarshire". The Times. 20 November 1894. p. 6.
26. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
27. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
28. The Times, 2 March 1909 p8
29. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench illustrated with 500 armorial engravings (PDF). London: Dean & Son. 1918. p. 221. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
30. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
31. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
32. The Times, 17 November 1922
33. The Times, 8 December 1923
34. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
35. The Times, 1 June 1929
36. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
37. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

• Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
• Politics of Angus, Scotland
• Politics of the county of Forfar