St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)

St Austell was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of St Austell in Cornwall. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries
The Sessional Divisions of Powder East and South, and Ryder, and the civil parishes of Ladock and St Blazey.

Elections in the 1880s


Borlase's resignation caused a by-election.



Elections in the 1890s


McArthur was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1910s


General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
 * Liberal: Thomas Agar-Robartes
 * Unionist: