Forfar_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Forfarshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1950
Forfarshire was a Scottish county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1950.
Quick Facts Subdivisions of Scotland, 1708–1950 ...
| Forfarshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Forfarshire |
| 1708–1950 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Forfarshire |
| Replaced by | North Angus & Mearns South Angus |
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It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Forfarshire.
The Representation of the People Act 1918 defined the constituency as consisting of the county of Forfar, except the county of the city of Dundee and the burghs of Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, and Forfar. The four excepted burghs formed part of the Montrose District of Burghs.[1]
The county of Forfarshire was renamed Angus in 1928.[2] However, no change was made in the name of the constituency prior to its abolition.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system until the seat was abolished for the 1950 general election.[3][4][5][6][7]
The constituency was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1948, which reorganised parliamentary boundaries throughout the United Kingdom. The seat was divided between North Angus and Mearns (which also included Kincardineshire) and South Angus.[8]
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Elections in the 1830s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Whig | William Maule | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 124 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Whig | William Maule | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 124 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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Maule was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Panmure and causing a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Whig | Donald Ogilvy | 46 | 51.1 | ||
| Whig | Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton | 44 | 48.9 | ||
| Majority | 2 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 90 | 72.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 124 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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- On petition, Ogilvy was unseated in favour of Gordon-Hallyburton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Whig | Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,241 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Whig | Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton | 625 | 58.4 | ||
| Conservative | John Stuart-Wortley | 446 | 41.6 | ||
| Majority | 179 | 16.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,071 | 75.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,421 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Whig | Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,790 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1840s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Frederick Gordon | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,979 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Frederick Gordon-Hallyburton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,540 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1850s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Lauderdale Maule | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,873 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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Maule was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Lauderdale Maule | Unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
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Maule's death caused a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Adam Haldane-Duncan | Unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
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Haldane-Duncan was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Adam Haldane-Duncan | Unopposed | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Adam Haldane-Duncan | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,288 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Adam Haldane-Duncan | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,421 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1860s
Haldane-Duncan succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Camperdown, and causing a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Charles Carnegie | Unopposed | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Charles Carnegie | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,108 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Charles Carnegie | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,379 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1870s
Carnegie resigned after being appointed Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James William Barclay | 1,481 | 56.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | James Ramsay | 1,128 | 43.2 | New | |
| Majority | 353 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,609 | 72.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 3,603 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James William Barclay | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,619 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1880s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James William Barclay | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,634 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James William Barclay | 6,157 | 76.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Alexander Lindsay | 1,851 | 23.1 | New | |
| Majority | 4,306 | 53.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 8,008 | 71.3 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 11,232 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Unionist | James William Barclay | 3,839 | 52.8 | +29.7 | |
| Liberal | David Charles Guthrie | 3,432 | 47.2 | -29.7 | |
| Majority | 407 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,271 | 64.7 | −6.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,232 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +29.7 | |||
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Elections in the 1890s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Rigby | 4,943 | 54.8 | +7.6 | |
| Liberal Unionist | James William Barclay | 4,077 | 45.2 | -7.6 | |
| Majority | 866 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 9,020 | 79.8 | +15.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,307 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +7.6 | |||
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Rigby is appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Rigby | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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Rigby resigns after being appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, triggering a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Charles Maule Ramsay | 5,145 | 51.4 | +6.2 | |
| Liberal | Henry Robson | 4,859 | 48.6 | -6.2 | |
| Majority | 286 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,004 | 83.3 | +3.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,010 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.2 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Martin White | 5,159 | 52.2 | −2.6 | |
| Conservative | Charles Maule Ramsay | 4,718 | 47.8 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 441 | 4.4 | −5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 9,877 | 82.2 | +2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,010 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.6 | |||
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White resigns, triggering a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Sinclair | 5,423 | 52.2 | 0.0 | |
| Conservative | Charles Maule Ramsay | 4,965 | 47.8 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 458 | 4.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 10,388 | 85.1 | +2.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,200 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
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Elections in the 1900s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Sinclair | 4,962 | 51.3 | −0.9 | |
| Conservative | Charles Maule Ramsay | 4,714 | 48.7 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 248 | 2.6 | −1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 9,676 | 78.6 | −3.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,313 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Sinclair | 6,796 | 67.5 | +16.2 | |
| Liberal Unionist | J. Mackay Bernard | 3,277 | 32.5 | −16.2 | |
| Majority | 3,519 | 35.0 | +32.4 | ||
| Turnout | 10,073 | 79.7 | +1.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,644 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +16.2 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Falconer | 6,422 | 61.8 | −5.7 | |
| Conservative | Robert Blackburn | 3,970 | 38.2 | +5.7 | |
| Majority | 2,452 | 23.6 | −11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 10,392 | 81.3 | +1.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,778 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −5.7 | |||
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Elections in the 1910s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Falconer | 6,789 | 61.3 | -6.2 | |
| Conservative | Robert Blackburn | 4,284 | 38.7 | +6.2 | |
| Majority | 2,505 | 22.6 | -12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 11,073 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Falconer | 6,449 | 59.5 | -1.8 | |
| Conservative | James B Duncan | 4,397 | 40.5 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 2,052 | 19.0 | -3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 10,846 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Unionist | William T. Shaw | 5,697 | 52.4 | +11.9 | |
| Liberal | James Falconer | 5,179 | 47.6 | −11.9 | |
| Majority | 518 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,876 | 44.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 24,611 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.9 | |||
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Elections in the 1920s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Falconer | 8,567 | 54.8 | +7.2 | |
| Unionist | William T. Shaw | 7,071 | 45.2 | −7.2 | |
| Majority | 1,496 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 15,638 | 65.0 | +20.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 24,040 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.2 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Falconer | 7,605 | 52.9 | −1.9 | |
| Unionist | William T. Shaw | 6,758 | 47.1 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 847 | 5.8 | −3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 14,363 | 60.3 | −4.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,828 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Unionist | Harry Hope | 8,022 | 49.1 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal | James Falconer | 4,581 | 28.0 | −24.9 | |
| Labour | Charles Gallie | 3,736 | 22.9 | New | |
| Majority | 3,441 | 21.1 | New | ||
| Turnout | 16,339 | 68.3 | +8.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,916 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.5 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Unionist | Harry Hope | 8,852 | 42.2 | −6.9 | |
| Liberal | William Scott | 6,901 | 32.8 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Charles Gallie | 5,257 | 25.0 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 1,951 | 9.4 | −11.7 | ||
| Turnout | 21,010 | 70.7 | +2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,737 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | −5.9 | |||
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Elections in the 1930s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Unionist | William T. Shaw | 13,912 | 61.4 | +19.2 | |
| Liberal | William Scott | 8,731 | 38.6 | +5.8 | |
| Majority | 5,181 | 22.8 | +13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 22,643 | 75.2 | +4.5 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Unionist | William T. Shaw | 13,505 | 60.2 | -1.2 | |
| Liberal | William Scott | 8,922 | 39.8 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 4,583 | 20.4 | -2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 22,427 | 71.5 | -3.7 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
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Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: William T. Shaw
- Liberal:
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Unionist | Simon Ramsay | 13,615 | 51.6 | -8.6 | |
| Labour | E Douglas | 8,199 | 31.1 | New | |
| Liberal | Philip Fothergill | 4,575 | 17.3 | -22.5 | |
| Majority | 5,416 | 20.5 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 26,389 | 69.1 | -2.4 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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