Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Roxburghshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
Roxburghshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
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The name relates the constituency to the county of Roxburgh.
When the constituency was abolished in 1918, the Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency was created, covering the counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk
[edit] Member of Parliament
1708 Sir Gilbert Eliott
1715 William Douglas
1722 Sir Gilbert Eliott
1727 William Douglas
1734 John Rutherfurd
1742 William Douglas
1747 Walter Scott
1765 Sir Gilbert Elliot
1777 Sir Gilbert Elliot
1784 Sir George Douglas
1806 John Rutherford
1812 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
1814 Sir Alexander Don
1826 Henry Francis Hepburne-Scott
1832 George Elliot
1835 Lord John Douglas-Montagu-Scott
1837 John Edmund Elliot
1841 Francis Scott
1847 John Edmund Elliot
1859 Sir William Scott
1874 Sir George Scott-Douglas
1880 Arthur Elliot
1892 Mark Francis Napier
1895 The Earl of Dalkeith
1906 John Jardine, Liberal
[edit] Election results
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| General Election 1906: Roxburghshire [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John Jardine | 2,829 | 52.9 | ||
| Conservative | Sir Richard John Waldie-Griffith | 2,514 | 47.1 | ||
| General Election 1886: Roxburghshire [2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Unionist | Hon Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot | 2,570 | |||
| Liberal | Hon Mark Francis Napier | 2,142 | |||
| General Election 1885: Roxburghshire [3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Hon Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot | 3,419 | |||
| Conservative | Charles Barrington Balfour | 1,945 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
