Boundaries
Between 1832 and 1885 the historic county of Dorset, in south western England, was an undivided three member county constituency - see the article on the Dorset constituency. In 1885 the county was divided for Parliamentary purposes between this constituency, North Dorset, South Dorset and West Dorset (there were no borough constituencies in Dorset in the redistribution of 1885). Each of these divisions comprised roughly a quarter of the area of the county and returned one member of Parliament.
In 1918 the four Dorset divisions were retained, but the boundaries were altered. This constituency was reduced in area to about half its former size, with the northern part of the old East division being transferred to North Dorset and the southern section to South Dorset.
The then local authorities comprising East Dorset in 1918 were the Municipal Borough of Poole, the Urban District of Wimborne Minster, the Rural District of Poole and part of the Rural District of Wimborne and Cranborne.
In the redistribution which took effect in the United Kingdom general election, 1950 the East county division was abolished. A new borough constituency of Poole was created. Wimborne Minster and the part of the Rural District of Wimborne and Cranborne previously in the abolished constituency, were transferred to North Dorset.
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