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
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|1708
|John Carnegie (expelled)
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|1716 by-election
| James Scott
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|1733 by-election
| Robert Scott
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|1734
| Thomas Lyon, later Earl of Strathmore
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|1735 by-election
| William Maule, Earl Panmure (from 1743)
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|1782 by-election
| Archibald Douglas
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|1790
| David Scott
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|1796 by-election
| William Maule, later Baron Panmure
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|1796
| Sir David Carnegie
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|1805 by-election
| William Maule, later Baron Panmure
| Whig
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|1831 by-election
| Donald Ogilvy (Unseated on petition Jan 1832)
| Whig
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|1841
| Lord Frederick Gordon-Hallyburton
| Whig
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|1852
| Lauderdale Maule
| Whig
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|1854 by-election
| rowspan="2" | Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan, later Earl of Camperdown
| Whig
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| 1859
| Liberal
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|1860 by-election
| Charles Carnegie
| Liberal
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|1872 by-election
| rowspan="2"|James William Barclay
| Liberal
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|1886
| Liberal Unionist
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|1892
| Sir John Rigby, QC
| Liberal
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|1894
| Charles Maule Ramsay Conservative
| Liberal Unionist
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|1895
| Martin White
| Liberal
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|1897 by-election
| John Sinclair, later Baron Pentland
| Liberal
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|1909 by-election
| James Falconer
| Liberal
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|1918
| William T. Shaw
| Unionist
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|1922
| James Falconer
| Liberal
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|1924
| Sir Harry Hope
| Unionist
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|1931
| William T. Shaw
| Unionist
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|1945
| Simon Ramsay, later Earl of Dalhousie
| Unionist
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|colspan="2" align="center"| 1950
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished
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Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Rigby is appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
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: