| St Austell | |
| Type: | Borough |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Previous: | East Cornwall and West Cornwall |
| Next: | Penryn and Falmouth, North Cornwall |
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.
The Sessional Divisions of Powder East and South, and Ryder, and the civil parishes of Ladock and St Blazey.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William Copeland Borlase | Liberal | ||
| 1887 | William Alexander McArthur | Liberal | ||
| 1908 | Thomas Agar-Robartes | Liberal | ||
| 1915 | Sir Francis Layland-Barratt | Liberal | ||
| 1918 | constituency abolished | |||
Borlase's resignation caused a by-election.
McArthur was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
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;