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Torquay (UK Parliament constituency)

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one

Replaced by
  
Torbay

Torquay (UK Parliament constituency)

Torquay was a county constituency in Devon, South West England, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election. The area it represented became part of the Torbay constituency.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Dartmouth, and the Sessional Division of Paignton.

1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Dartmouth and Torquay, the Urban Districts of Brixham and Paignton, in the Rural District of Totnes the civil parishes of Churston Ferrers, Kingswear, Marldon, and Stoke Gabriel, and in the Rural District of Newton Abbot the civil parishes of Cockington and Stokeinteignhead.

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Torquay, the Urban Districts of Brixham and Paignton, and in the Rural District of Totnes the civil parishes of Churston Ferrers and Kingswear.

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Unionist: Charles Rosdew Burn
  • Liberal: Sir Thomas Devereux Pile
  • endorsed by Coalition Government
  • Election 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;

  • Conservative: Charles Williams
  • Liberal: Hugo Keene
  • Labour: W W Blaylock
  • References

    Torquay (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia