Dorset Parliamentary Elections - Results: 1885 - 1905
South
| 1885 |
H P Sturgis (L) |
3128 |
|
|
Lieut. Col Hambro (C) |
3095 |
| |
Liberal Majority:- |
33 |
|
1886 |
Lieut. Col Hambro (C) |
3477 |
| |
H P Sturgis (L) |
2486 |
| |
Conservative Majority- |
991 |
|
1891 |
Bye election (on the death of Col. Hambro). |
|
| |
Maj. W E Brymer (C) |
3278 |
| |
E R Pearce-Edgcumbe (L) |
3238 |
| |
Conservative Majority- |
40 |
| 1892 |
Maj. W E Brymer (C) |
3657 |
| |
E R Pearce-Edgcumbe (L) |
3489 |
| |
Conservative Majority- |
168 |
| 1895 |
Maj. W E Brymer (C) - unopposed |
|
| 1900 |
Col W E Brymer (C) |
3884 |
| |
Capt A L Renton (L) |
3519 |
| |
Conservative Majority |
365 |
|
|
Number of Electors, 1905 - |
10,440 |
| |
Population 1901 |
60,937 |
| |
Prospective Liberal Candidate: Mr T T L Scarisbrick |
|
West
|
1885 |
H R Farquharson (C) |
3507 |
| |
H Cary Batten (L) |
3366 |
| |
Conservative Majority- |
141 |
| 1886 |
H R. Farquharson (C) |
3672 |
| |
H Cary Batten (L) |
2467 |
| |
Conservative Majority |
1205 |
| 1892 |
H R Farquharson (C) |
3691 |
| |
C T Gatty (L) |
2813 |
| |
Conservative Majority:- |
878 |
| 1895, May 14 |
(bye election on the death of Mr Farquharson) |
|
| |
Col R Williams (C) |
3538 |
| |
G Wood-Homer (L) |
2325 |
| |
Conservative Majority:- |
1213 |
| 1895 |
(General Election) Col R Williams (C) unopposed |
|
| |
Number of Electors, 1905: |
7390 |
| |
Population, 1901 : |
36,008 |
| |
Prospective Liberal Candidate: Mr Johnstone Haye |
|
North
| 1885 |
Hon E B Portman (L) |
4520 |
| |
Hon H N Sturt (C) |
3031 |
| |
Liberal Majority |
1489 |
| 1886 |
Hon E B Portman (L) |
3571 |
| |
Hon Evelyn Ashley (LU) |
3336 |
| |
Liberal Majority:- |
235 |
| 1892 |
J K D Wingfield-Digby (C) |
3981 |
| |
A A Arnold (L) |
3456 |
| |
Conservative Majority:- |
525 |
| 1895 |
J K D Wingfield-Digby (C) Unopposed |
|
| 1900 |
J K D Wingfield-Digby (C) |
3705 |
| |
Hon G Gordon (L) |
3165 |
| |
Conservative Majority:- |
540 |
| 1905 Jan |
(Bye election on the death of Mr. Wingfield-Digby) |
|
| |
Mr. Arthur B'. Wills (L) |
4239 |
| |
Sir Randolf Baker (C) |
3330 |
| |
Liberal Majority:- |
909 |
| |
Number of Electors, 1905: |
8,338 |
| |
Population, 1901 : |
43,104 |
East
| 1885 |
Hon P C Glyn (L) |
4543 |
| |
G H Bond (C) |
3846 |
| |
Libel Majority:- |
697 |
| 1886 |
G H Bond (C) |
4317 |
| |
Hon P C Glyn (L) |
3662 |
| |
Conservative Majority:- |
655 |
| 1891 |
Bye election (on the death of Mr Bond) |
|
| |
Hon H N Sturt (C) |
4221 |
| |
Hon P C Glyn (L) |
4074 |
| |
Conservative Majority:- |
347 |
| 1892 |
Hon H N Sturt (C) - unopposed |
|
| 1895 |
Hon H N Sturt (C) - unopposed |
|
| 1900 |
Hon H N Sturt (C) |
4776 |
| |
A A Allen (L) |
4680 |
| |
Conservative Majority |
96 |
| 1901 Mar 16 |
Bye Election (Mr Sturt succeeding to the peerage on the death of Lord Alington |
|
| |
C Lyell (L) |
5929 |
| |
C Van Raalte (C) |
5109 |
| |
Liberal Majority:- |
820 |
| |
Number of Elector - 1905 - |
13,332 |
| |
Population - 1901 - |
62,887 |
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