East Carmarthenshire was a county constituency in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
It was created for the 1885 general election, when the old two-member Carmarthenshire constituency was divided into two new single-member seats: East Carmarthenshire and West Carmarthenshire, both of which were in turn abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
Carmathenshire showing boundaries for 1885-1918
The constituency included parts of the Sessional Divisions of Llandeilo and Llandovery and the Sessional Division of Llanelly.
Members of Parliament
History
When the former Carmarthenshire constituency was established in 1885, both the sitting members chose to contest the West Carmarthesnhire division. The Liberals of East Carmarthesnhire chose David Pugh as their candidate. Pugh had previously served as MP for Carmarthenshire from 1857 until his defeat in 1868 and had been considered to be on the more conservative wing of the Liberal Party. Pugh, has, however, become increasingly radical in his pronouncements in recent years.[1] The significant increase in the electorate in the industrial portions of the constituency was considered to be the key element in deciding the contest. The electorate of Cwmamman, for example, had increased from 164 to 550 and that of neighbouring Brynamman from 175 to 450. [2]
Upon his death in 1890 he was succeeded by Abel Thomas, who served for twenty two years until his death in 1912.
By this time, the first signals of the emergence of the Labour Party were seen in the constituency, but a Labour candidate made little impact at the by-election which saw the election of the prominent nonvonformist minister, Josiah Towyn Jones, as the new MP.
Election Results 1885-1918
References
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- ↑ East Carmarthenshire British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
- ↑ East Carmarthenshire British parliamentary election results 1885-1918