St Austell was a

parliamentary constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

centred on the town of

St Austell St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon. St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958. History St Austell wa ...

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. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The Sessional Divisions of Powder East and South, and Ryder, and the civil parishes of Ladock and St Blazey.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Borlase's resignation caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

McArthur was appointed a

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, requiring a by-election.

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:

Thomas Agar-Robartes Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (known as Tommy) (22 May 1880 – 30 September 1915) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. Background and education Tommy Agar-Robartes was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Agar-Robartes, ...

*Unionist:

References

* Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 St Austell {{UK-hist-constituency-stub