Caernarvon Boroughs

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Caernarvon Boroughs was a UK parliamentary constituency in Wales notably represented for decades by Prime Minister David Lloyd George.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Caernarvon Boroughs canonical 2
Caernarvonshire boroughs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
abolishedBy Representation of the People Act 1918
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1536
Historic parliamentary constituencies in Wales
containsTown Bangor
Caernarfon, Gwynedd
surface form: Caernarvon

Conwy
Criccieth
Nefyn
surface form: Neven (Nefyn)

Pwllheli
country United Kingdom
createdFrom Caernarvon Boroughs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Caernarvonshire boroughs
createdUnder Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
surface form: Laws in Wales Acts
electorateType borough constituency
elects one Member of Parliament
endDate 1918
historicCounty Caernarfonshire
languageRegion predominantly Welsh-speaking area
locatedIn Caernarfonshire
Wales
notableElection 1890 by-election won by David Lloyd George
notableFor association with Welsh nationalism and liberalism
being represented for decades by David Lloyd George
long Liberal dominance in late 19th and early 20th centuries
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
region North Wales
representedBy Conservative Party MP
surface form: Conservative Party MPs

David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George as MP from 1890 to 1918
Ellis Nanney (contested, not elected)
John Platt
Liberal Party (UK)
surface form: Liberal Party MPs

Robert Wynn Williams
Sir Love Jones-Parry
Whig Party
surface form: Whig Party MPs

William Bulkeley Hughes
representedIn Parliament of Great Britain
British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
startDate 1536
successorConstituency Caernarfon, Gwynedd
surface form: Caernarvon
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David Lloyd George constituencyRepresented Caernarvon Boroughs
David George parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Caernarvon Boroughs
subject surface form: David Lloyd George
Caernarvon Boroughs createdFrom Caernarvon Boroughs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Caernarvonshire boroughs