Torquay (UK Parliament constituency)
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Torquay was a 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.
[edit] 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
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
