Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Montrose Burghs Burgh constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Montrose Burghs was a district of burghs constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1950.

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament to represent the parliamentary burghs of Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Inverbervie.

In 1950, Montrose, Brechin and Inverbervie were merged into North Angus and Mearns, and Arbroath and Forfar were merged into South Angus.

1 Members of Parliament
2 Election results
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1832	Horatio Ross
1835	Patrick Chalmers
1842	Joseph Hume
1855	William Edward Baxter	Liberal
1885	John Shiress Will	Liberal
1896	John Morley	Liberal
1908	Robert Venables Vernon Harcourt	Liberal
1918	John Leng Sturrock	Liberal
1924	Robert Hutchison	Liberal
1932	Charles Kerr	National Liberal
1940	John Scott Maclay	National Liberal

[edit] Election results

By-election 1940: Montrose Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	John Maclay	unopposed

By-election 1932: Montrose Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Lt Col Charles Kerr DSO MC	7,963
	Labour	Rt Hon Tom Kennedy	7,030
	Scottish National Party	D. Emslie	1,996

General Election 1906: Montrose Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon John Morley	4,416
	Conservative	Lt-Col Alexander Sprot	1,922

General Election 1886: Montrose Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Shiress Will QC	3,357
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Patton	2,088

General Election 1885: Montrose Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Shiress Will QC	3,532
	Liberal	Alexander Gordon	2,779
	Conservative	Alexander Mackenzie LLD	963

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