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Haverfordwest was a
parliamentary constituency . It returned one
Member of Parliament (MP) to the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom , elected by the
first past the post system.
History
The constituency was enfranchised in 1545, as the second borough constituency in the historic county of
Pembrokeshire . In the previous election of 1542, the first at which Wales is known to have sent members to the
Parliament of England , this borough was one of the ancient boroughs contributing to the wages and being in some sense represented by the member for
Pembroke .
During the eighteenth century, Haverfordwest was considered to be little more than a pocket borough for the Philipps family of
Picton Castle .
From 1832 to 1885, it was a
district of boroughs constituency, consisting of the three boroughs of
Haverfordwest ,
Fishguard and
Narberth .
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The constituency was abolished for the
1885 general election , and merged into the newly created constituency of
Pembroke and Haverfordwest .
Members of Parliament
1543–1660
1660–1885
Election
Member
Party
1660 (Apr)
William Philipps , election declared void, June 1660
[5]
1660 (Aug)
William Philipps re-elected
[5]
1661
Isaac Lloyd , election declared void, May 1663
[5]
1663 (c.Jun)
Sir William Morton , made judge
[5]
1666
Sir Frederick Hyde, died
[5]
1667
Sir Herbert Perrott
[5]
1679
William Wogan
[5]
1679
Thomas Owen
[5]
1681
Thomas Howard
[5]
1685
William Wogan
[5]
[6]
1701 (Jan)
William Wheeler
[6]
1702
John Laugharne , died
[6]
[7]
1715
John Barlow , died
[6]
[7]
1718
Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet
[7]
1722
Francis Edwardes , died
[7]
1726
Sir Erasmus Philipps , died
[7]
1743
George Barlow
[7]
1747
William Edwardes (
Baron Kensington from 1776)
[7]
1780
Whig
[8]
1784
The Lord Milford
1786
The Lord Kensington
Whig
[8]
1801
Seat vacant
1802
The Lord Kensington
Whig
[8]
1818
William Henry Scourfield
Tory
[8]
1826
Richard Philipps
Whig
[8]
[9]
1835
William Henry Scourfield
Conservative
[8]
1837
Sir Richard Philipps, Bt
Whig
[8]
[9]
1847
John Evans
Whig
[10]
1852
John Scourfield
Conservative
[11]
1868
Hon. William Edwardes (
Baron Kensington from 1872)
Liberal
[11]
Constituency seat abolished
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Edwardes was appointed a
Groom in Waiting , requiring a by-election.
The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election, after a separate potential candidate, Mr Davis, had been refused his nomination by the local sheriff without a deposit for security of costs.
[16] However, in the resulting by-election, Davis did not stand and Edwardes was re-elected.
Elections in the 1880s
Edwardes was appointed
Comptroller of the Household , requiring a by-election.
References
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Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 506.
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The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 198–199. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via
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The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer . p. 182. Retrieved 13 August 2019 – via
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"Members Returned" . Norfolk News . 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via
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"Haverfordwest" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 5 May 2020 .
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"Election Intelligence" . Globe . 7 March 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via
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"Glasgow Sentinel" . 21 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via
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"To the Electors of Haverfordwest" .
Potter's Electric News . 25 November 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2018 – via
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"Member of Parliament is unseated" .
Bolton Evening News . 3 June 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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