Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Kincardineshire
Type = County
Year = 1708
Abolition = 1918
members = one

Kincardineshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament.

The first election to a Parliament of Great Britain was in 1708. In 1707-08 members of the 1702-1707 Parliament of Scotland were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, for further details.

The constituency represented the county of Kincardineshre.

In 1918 the area was combined with part of Western Aberdeenshire to form the Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire constituency.

Boundaries

Kincardineshire was a Scottish shire (later known as a county), which had previously been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland. The constituency included the whole shire, except for the Royal burgh of Inverbervie which formed part of the Aberdeen Burghs constituency.

Members of Parliament

* 1689-1702 Hon Alexander Arbuthnot (Parliament of Scotland)

* "Constituency created" (1708)
*"Constituency abolished" (1918)

Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John William Crombie
votes = 3,877
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = S.J. Gammell
votes = 1,524
percentage =
change =

At the General Election 1886 Sir George Balfour was returned unopposed as the Liberal candidate. [ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889 ] Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir George Balfour
votes = 3,160
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Scott Porteous
votes = 1,267
percentage =
change =

See also

* Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

References

*rayment


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