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
ElectionMemberParty 1832 Horatio Ross Whig 1835 Patrick Chalmers Radical 1842 by-election Joseph Hume Radical 1855 by-election William Edward BaxterRadical 1859Liberal 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 Liberal1950constituency abolished: see North Angus & Mearns and South Angus
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
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 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
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 HendersonDundee Courier 29 April 1914 Labour: James Maxton
Elections in the 1920s
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 CrutchleyReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
Elections in the 1940s
References
Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889