Dumfries Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dumfries Burghs
Burgh constituency
Created: 1708
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Dumfries Burghs was a district of burghs 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 until 1918.

The constituency represented the Dumfriesshire burghs of Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquhar and the Kirkcudbrightshire burgh of Kirkcudbright.

In 1918 Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquar were merged into the county constituency of Dumfriesshire. Kirkcudbright was merged into Galloway.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

1708 William Johnstone

1710 John Hutton

1713 Sir William Johnstone

1715 Alexander Fergusson

1722 William Douglas

1727 Archibald Douglas

1734 Charles Areskine

1735 William Kirkpatrick

1738 Sir Robert Laurie

1741 Lord John Johnstone

1743 Sir James Johnstone

1754 Archibald Douglas

1761 Thomas Miller

1766 James Montgomery

1768 William Douglas

1780 Sir Robert Herries

1784 Sir James Johnstone

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

1841 William Ewart

1868 Robert Jardine

1874 Ernest Noel

1886 Sir Robert Reid

1906 John William Gulland

[edit] Election results

General Election 1906: Dumfries District [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John William Gulland 2,035
Conservative Joseph J. Glover 1,402
General Election 1892: Dumfries District [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Reid 1,698
Conservative Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th Baronet 1,166
General Election 1886: Dumfries District [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Reid 1,547
Conservative Miles Mattinson 1,217
General Election 1885: Dumfries District [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ernest Noel 1,546
Conservative Miles Mattinson 1,363

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  3. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

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