Created from Arfon and Eifion | ||
Replaced by Arfon, Eifion, Caernarfon, Conwy | ||
Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.
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Members of Parliament
Uncontested elections 1832 - 1865
Thomas Assheton Smith (Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1832 and 1835.
John Ralph Ormsby-Gore Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1837.
Edward Henry Douglas Pennant (Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1841, 1847, 1852, 1857, 1859 and 1865. Henry Douglas Pennant became a member of the House of Lords on the death of his father in 1866
Edward's son George Douglas Pennant (Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1865, he lost his seat to Love Jones Parry in a contested election in 1868.
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1930s
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;