Angus North and Mearns was a
county constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1950 to 1983. It elected one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the
first past the post
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voting system.
It was unsuccessfully contested in 1950 by the actor
James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice (15 June 1907 – 2 July 1975) was a British actor. He is best remembered for portraying pompous authority figures in comedies including each of the seven films in the '' Doctor'' series. He also co-starred with Greg ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency was created by the
Representation of the People Act 1948
The Representation of the People Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections. It is noteworthy for abolishing plural voting for parliamentary elections, including ...
, and was defined as consisting of:
*The
county of Kincardine inclusive of all the
burghs situated therein;
*In the county of
Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
**The burghs of
Brechin
Brechin (; gd, Breichin) is a city and former Royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which continues today ...
and
Montrose;
**The districts of Brechin and Montrose.
Redistribution
The boundaries of the constituency were unaltered at the next redistribution of seats, which came into effect in 1974. Counties and burghs were abolished for local government purposes
in 1975, but parliamentary boundaries were unaffected until 1983. In that year the constituency was abolished. A new
Kincardine and Deeside constituency was formed with similar boundaries.
[Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1983
(S.I. 1983/422)]
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections of the 1950s
Elections of the 1960s
Elections of the 1970s
References
*
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Angus, Scotland
Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983