Torquay (UK Parliament constituency)

Torquay (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Torquay
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1974
members = one

Torquay was a county constituency in Devon, South West England, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election. The area it represented became part of the Torbay constituency.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

*1885 – 1886: Lewis McIver
*1886 – 1895: Richard Mallock
*1895 – 1900: Arthur Stephens Philpotts
*1900 – 1910: Sir Francis Layland-Barratt
*1910 – 1923: Charles Rosdew Burn
*1923 – 1924: Piers Gilchrist Thompson
*1924 – 1955: Charles Williams
*1955 – 1974: Sir Frederic Mackarness Bennett

Election results

References

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