- Dumfries Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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Dumfries Burghs Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons Subdivisions of Scotland Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire Major settlements Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben, Kirkcudbright 1708–1918 Number of members One Replaced by Dumfriesshire
GallowayDumfries Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).
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Boundaries
The constituency comprised the Dumfriesshire burghs of Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquhar and the Kirkcudbrightshire burgh of Kirkcudbright.
It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquar were merged into the county constituency of Dumfriesshire. Kirkcudbright was merged into Galloway.
Members of Parliament
Election Member [1] Party 1708 William Johnstone 1710 John Hutton 1713 Sir William Johnstone 1715 Alexander Fergusson 1722 William Douglas 1727 Archibald Douglas 1734 Charles Erskine 1735 William Kirkpatrick 1738 Sir Robert Laurie 1741 Lord John Johnstone 1743 Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Bt 1754 Archibald Douglas 1761 Thomas Miller 1766 James Montgomery 1768 William Douglas 1780 Sir Robert Herries 1784 Sir James Johnstone, 4th Bt 1790 Patrick Miller 1796 Alexander Hope 1800 William Johnstone Hope 1802 Charles Hope 1803 Viscount Stopford 1806 Henry Erskine 1807 Sir John Heron-Maxwell 1812 Lord William Robert Keith Douglas 1832 Matthew Sharpe Whig 1841 William Ewart 1868 Robert Jardine Liberal 1874 Ernest Noel Liberal 1886 Sir Robert Reid Liberal 1906 John William Gulland Liberal 1918 constituency abolished Election results
General Election Dec 1910: Dumfries District[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal John William Gulland 2,315 Liberal Unionist Major Pollock McCall 1,596 General Election Jan 1910: Dumfries District[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal John William Gulland 2,303 Liberal Unionist John Bryce Duncan 1,730 General Election 1906: Dumfries District[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal John William Gulland 2,035 Conservative Joseph J. Glover 1,402 General Election 1900: Dumfries District[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Sir Robert Reid GCMG QC 1,847 Liberal Unionist William Murray 1,300 General Election 1895: Dumfries District[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Sir Robert Reid GCMG QC 1,785 Conservative William Murray 1,185 General Election 1892: Dumfries District[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Robert Reid 1,698 Conservative Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet 1,166 General Election 1886: Dumfries District[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Robert Reid 1,547 Conservative Miles Mattinson 1,217 General Election 1885: Dumfries District[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Ernest Noel 1,546 53% -12% Conservative Miles Mattinson 1,363 47% +14% Turnout 2909 General Election 1880: Dumfries District[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Ernest Noel 1700 65% +9% Conservative W Gordon 872 33% -11% Conservative T E Byrne 54 2% +2% Turnout 2626 89.6% General Election 1874: Dumfries District[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Ernest Noel 1420 56% Conservative Captain M C Johnstone 1123 44% Turnout 2543 General Election 1868: Dumfries District[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Robert Jardine 967 Liberal Ernest Noel 887 Notes
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ a b "Election Results". The Times. 6 April 1880. p. 6. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/45/609/56152796w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS101105286&dyn=44!xrn_43_0_CS101105286&hst_1?sw_aep=kccl. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
Categories:- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1708
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
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