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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 enfranchished 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 .
From 1832 to 1885, it was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of the three boroughs of Haverfordwest , Fishguard and Narberth .[1]
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
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1660 (Apr)
William Philipps , election declared void, June 1660 [4]
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1660 (Aug)
William Philipps re-elected [4]
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1661
Isaac Lloyd , election declared void, May 1663 [4]
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1663 (c.Jun)
Sir William Morton , made judge [4]
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1666
Sir Frederick Hyde, died [4]
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1667
Sir Herbert Perrott [4]
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1679
William Wogan [4]
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1679
Thomas Owen [4]
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1681
Thomas Howard [4]
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1685
William Wogan [4] [5]
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1701 (Jan)
William Wheeler [5]
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1702
John Laugharne , died [5] [6]
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1715
John Barlow , died [5] [6]
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1718
Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet [6]
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1722
Francis Edwardes , died [6]
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1726
Sir Erasmus Philipps , died [6]
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1743
George Barlow [6]
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1747
William Edwardes (Baron Kensington from 1776)[6]
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1780
Whig [7]
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1784
The Lord Milford
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1786
The Lord Kensington
Whig [7]
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1801
Seat vacant
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1802
The Lord Kensington
Whig [7]
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1818
William Henry Scourfield
Tory [7]
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1826
Richard Philipps
Whig [7]
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1835
William Henry Scourfield
Conservative [7]
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1837
Sir Richard Philipps, Bt
Whig [7]
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1847
John Evans
Whig [8]
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1852
John Scourfield
Conservative [9]
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1868
Hon. William Edwardes (Baron Kensington from 1872)
Liberal [9]
Seat abolished
Election results
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.[13] 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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