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Douglas West was a House of Keys constituency in Douglas, Isle of Man. It elected 2 MHKs.

MHKs & elections

Year	Election	Turnout	Candidates	Elected
1946	General Election		Sir John Bolton, elected
1951	General Election		Sir John Bolton, elected
1956	General Election		Sir John Bolton, elected James Mylchreest Cain, elected
1962	General Election		James Mylchreest Cain Sir John Bolton, elected Victor Kneale, elected ?
1962	By-Election		?	James Mylchreest Cain
Called following the elevation to the LegCo of Sir John Bolton.
1966	General Election		Victor Kneale, elected ?
1971	General Election		Victor Kneale, elected ?
1976	General Election		?	Betty Hanson, elected Edward Kermeen, elected
1981	General Election		?	Victor Kneale, elected Betty Hanson, elected
1982	By-Election		?	Brian Gelling
Called following the elevation to the LegCo of Betty Hanson.
1984	By-Election		?	Clifford Irving, elected
1986	General Election	72.5%	James Cain (945 votes, elected) Victor Kneale SHK (632 votes, elected) CHA Flynn (454 votes) JAS Christian (397 votes) JB Callow (130 votes) RMB Kennett (108 votes) WA Parkinson (54 votes)
1991	General Election		James Cain SHK (770 votes, elected) Alex Downie (616 votes, elected) Captain Andrew Douglas (482 votes) CHA Flynn (279 votes) JR Mitchell (164 votes) JB Callow (164 votes) RMB Kennett (98 votes) Rev. G Kenyon (68 votes)
1996	General Election	60.3%	John Shimmin (1637 votes, elected) Alex Downie (1515 votes, elected) James Cain SHK (911 votes)
Challenger John Shimmin topped the poll, unseating Speaker Cain.
2001	General Election	52.6%	Alex Downie (1528 votes, elected) John Shimmin (1506 votes, elected) Michael Percival (628 votes) Peter Murcott (253 votes)
2005	By-Election		?	Dominic Delaney
Called following the elevation of Alex Downie to the Legislative Council.
2006	General Election	56.8%	John Shimmin, 1009 votes, elected Geoff Corkish, 1248 votes, elected Geoff Cannell, 692 votes Roland Ardern-Corris, 518 votes

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House of Keys constituencies

House of Keys constituencies
Current	Arbory, Castletown & Malew Ayre & Michael Douglas Central Douglas East Douglas North Douglas South Garff Glenfaba & Peel Middle Onchan Ramsey Rushen
Defunct	Ayre Castletown Douglas West Glenfaba Malew and Santon Michael Peel