Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Montrose Burghs
Parliament:	uk
Year:	1832
Abolished:	1950
Type:	District of burghs
Elects Howmany:	One
Region:	Scotland

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 (MP) 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1832	Horatio Ross	Whig^[1]
	1835	Patrick Chalmers	Radical^[2] ^[3]
	1842 by-election	Joseph Hume	Radical^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
	1855 by-election	William Edward Baxter	Radical^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
	1859			Liberal
	1885	John Shiress Will	Liberal
	1896 by-election	John Morley	Liberal
	1908 by-election	Robert Harcourt	Liberal
	1918	John Sturrock	Coalition Liberal
	1922		National Liberal
	1923		Liberal
	1924	Robert Hutchison	Liberal
	1930		Independent Liberal
	1931		National Liberal
	1932 by-election	Charles Kerr	National Liberal
	1940 by-election	John Maclay	National Liberal
1950		constituency abolished: see North Angus & Mearns and South Angus

Elections

Elections in the 1840s

Chalmers resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Hume's death caused a by-election.

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Robert Harcourt
• Unionist: John Hossell Henderson^[11]
• Labour: James Maxton

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal National: John Maclay
• Labour: Olive R Crutchley^[12]

Elections in the 1940s

References

• • Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 207. Second. 2 September 2018.
2. Book: Edward. Churton. Edward Churton. The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. 1838. 52–53.
3. Book: Warwick . William Atkinson . The House of Commons: As Elected to the Fourteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom Being the Second of Victoria . 1841 . Saunders and Otley . London . 131 .
4. Web site: Simkin . John . Joseph Hume . Spartacus Educational . 3 September 2018 . August 2014 . 1997.
5. Web site: Taylor . Miles . Joseph Hume, 1777–1855 . Liberal HISTORY . 3 September 2018 . 13 June 2015 . Millington . Chris . 2012.
6. Web site: Fisher . David R. . HUME, Joseph (1777–1855), of 38 York Place, Portman Square and 6 Bryanston Square, Mdx. and Burnley Hall, Norf. . The History of Parliament . 3 September 2018 . 2009 . Fisher . David R..
7. Book: Parolin . Christina . Radical Spaces: Venues of popular politics in London, 1790–c. 1845 . 2010 . ANU E Press . Canberra . 9781921862007 . 162–163 .
8. News: The Montrose District of Burghs . 2 September 2018 . The Scotsman . 7 March 1855 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
9. News: Review of the Week . 2 September 2018 . Glasgow Sentinel . 10 March 1855 . 4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
10. News: Berkshire Chronicle . 2 September 2018 . 17 March 1855 . 4–5 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
11. Dundee Courier 29 April 1914
12. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939