The first election to Pembrokeshire County Council was held in January 1889. [1] It was followed by the 1892 election. The county was divided into numerous single member wards with two or more councillors elected to represent Tenby and Pembroke Dock.
The administrative county of Pembrokeshire and the first Pembrokeshire County Council was established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. The first elections were held in January 1889. The county was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974.
Tenby is a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the western side of Carmarthen Bay.
1889 was a landmark year in the history of Welsh Liberalism, a coming of age symbolized by the triumph across Wales of Liberal candidates in the inaugural county council elections. The Liberal triumph in Pembrokeshire was not as complete as in other Welsh counties but was nevertheless significant. In the north of the county a number of landed gentry were defeated including James Bevan Bowen of Llwyngwair, former MP for the county of Pembrokeshire. There were only nine unopposed returns, most of whom were Liberals.
The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom with the opposing Conservative Party in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The party arose from an alliance of Whigs and free trade Peelites and Radicals favourable to the ideals of the American and French Revolutions in the 1850s. By the end of the 19th century, it had formed four governments under William Gladstone. Despite being divided over the issue of Irish Home Rule, the party returned to government in 1905 and then won a landslide victory in the following year's general election.
James Bevan Bowen was a British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire from 1866 to 1868 and again from 1876 to 1880.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | David Morris | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Sackville Herbert Owen | 191 | |||
Liberal | R. Phillips | 87 | |||
Majority | 104 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Henry Seymour Allen | 161 | |||
Conservative | R. H. Buckby | 78 | |||
Majority | 83 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Sir Owen H. P. Scourfield, Bart. | 287 | |||
Liberal | James James | 97 | |||
Majority | 190 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | W.J. Owen | 152 | |||
Conservative | R.P.L. Penn | 111 | |||
Majority | 41 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | H. G. Allen, Q.C. | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Lemuel Jones | 174 | |||
Conservative | J. Vaughan Colby | 72 | |||
Majority | 102 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Earl Cawdor | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | T. Williams | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | J. Worthington | 218 | |||
Liberal | William James | 77 | |||
Majority | 142 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | S. Thomas | 275 | |||
Conservative | E. White | 133 | |||
Majority | 142 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Thomas James | 123 | |||
Liberal | Rev J. Jenkins | 121 | |||
Independent | Henry Davies | 6 | |||
Majority | 2 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | R. T. P. Williams | 204 | |||
Liberal | William Williams | 86 | |||
Majority | 118 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | J. Thomas | 101 | |||
Conservative | E. Vaughan | 95 | |||
Majority | 6 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | John Evans | 158 | |||
Conservative | E. Gower | 149 | |||
Majority | 9 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Rev Lewis James | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | E.H. James | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | W. Williams | 187 | |||
Conservative | E. Perkins | 57 | |||
Conservative | C. Mathias | 25 | |||
Majority | 130 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | William Jones | 175 | |||
Liberal | Richard John | 133 | |||
Majority | 42 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | R. Carrow | 171 | |||
Conservative | W.J. Avery | 33 | |||
Majority | 138 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | J.H. Coram | 232 | |||
Liberal | D. A. L. M'AIpin | 133 | |||
Majority | 99 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Rev W. Griffiths | 175 | |||
Independent | J.P.Bushell | 85 | |||
Liberal | David Davies | 49 | |||
Majority | 90 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | C.W.R. Stokes | 159 | |||
Liberal | W. Gibbs | 111 | |||
Majority | 48 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | T.E. Thomas | 208 | |||
Conservative | J. Reynolds | 48 | |||
Majority | 160 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Dr Griffith | 237 | |||
Liberal | J.Ll. Davies | 132 | |||
Majority | 105 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Col. Morgan J. Saurin | 175 | |||
Liberal | W. Carey Rees | 89 | |||
Majority | 86 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | J. Griffiths | 192 | |||
Conservative | James Bevan Bowen | 167 | |||
Majority | 25 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Dr D. Havard | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | R. Ward | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | R. George | 347 | |||
Liberal | Dr W.J. Morrison | 293 | |||
Liberal | H. Mathias | 261 | |||
Conservative | Rev D.P. Davies | 143 | |||
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None of the candidates were said to have openly run on political lines and no meetings took place during the campaign. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | D. Hughes Brown | 926 | |||
Liberal | W.E. Seccombe | 865 | |||
Liberal | J. Williams | 824 | |||
Liberal | Isaac Smedley | 706 | |||
Conservative | Dr J.F. Stamper | 595 | |||
Liberal | J. Davie | 529 | |||
Liberal | S. Jenkins | 426 | |||
Conservative | Rev J.S. Allen | 323 | |||
Liberal | A.E. Owen | 263 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | D.P. Williams | 204 | |||
Conservative | W.D. Propert | 135 | |||
Majority | 69 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | J. Rees | 159 | |||
Conservative | E.C. Phillips | 154 | |||
Majority | 5 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Lord Kensington | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | C.R. Vickerman | 236 | |||
Conservative | Major J. Birtwhistle | 27 | |||
Majority | 209 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Sir Charles Philipps | unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | J.T. Fisher | 156 | |||
Liberal | J. George | 85 | |||
Majority | 71 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | W.H. Richards | 250 | |||
Liberal | Mathias Thomas | 236 | |||
Conservative | N.A. Roch | 157 | |||
J.A. Jenkins | 126 | ||||
Conservative | B.G. Gifford | 52 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | W. Howell Walters | 150 | |||
Conservative | Capt. Goldwyer | 80 | |||
Majority | 70 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | John Thomas | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | G.D. Harries | 120 | |||
Majority | 85 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Captain Higgon | unopposed | |||
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In addition to the 51 councillors the council consisted of 16 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the election of the initial sixteen aldermen, half of the aldermanic bench would be elected every three years following the triennial council election. After the initial elections, there were sixteen aldermanic vacancies and the following Alderman were appointed by the newly elected council (with the number of votes cast recorded in each case). A second vote was held to determine which aldermen should retire in three years. [2]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Thomas George Seccombe | 751 | |||
Conservative | William Henry Gibby | 587 | |||
Liberal | Albert Edward Owen | 27 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | James Thomas | 173 | |||
Liberal | John George | 66 | |||
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