Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.

Members of Parliament

 * Constituency created (1542)

Elections in the 1860s
Pennant was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Penrhyn, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s
Williams resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice

Elections in the 1930s

 * Owen opposed the National Government

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
 * Liberal: Goronwy Owen
 * Labour: Elwyn Jones