| 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.
| 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 | |||
Chalmers resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.
Hume's death caused a by-election.
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;
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;