Forfarshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | Forfarshire |
1708–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by |
North Angus & Mearns South Angus |
Created from | Forfarshire |
Forfarshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 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.
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.
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. The new constituencies were first contested in the 1950 general election.