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Dumfries 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).
Creation [ edit ]
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Dumfries , Annan , Kirkcudbright Burgh , Lochmaben and Sanquhar .
Boundaries [ edit ]
The constituency comprised the Dumfriesshire burghs of Dumfries , Annan , Lochmaben and Sanquhar and the Kirkcudbrightshire burgh of Kirkcudbright .
History [ edit ]
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1918 general election .[1]
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[5] Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquar were then merged into the county constituency of Dumfriesshire . Kirkcudbright was merged into Galloway .
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Elections [ edit ]
Elections in the 1830s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1840s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1850s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1860s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1870s [ edit ]
Noel
Elections in the 1880s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1890s [ edit ]
Reid is appointed Solicitor General for Scotland , requiring a by-election.
Reid
Elections in the 1900s [ edit ]
Gulland
Elections in the 1910s [ edit ]
General Election 1914–15 :
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Liberal : John Gulland
Unionist : Sir Archibald Mclnnes Shaw|Archibald Mclnnes Shaw[31]
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^ "Dumfries Burghs" . History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Dumfries Burghs" . History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ a b c d e f g h Smith, Henry Stooks (1841). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 199. Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via Google Books .
^ a b c Escott, Margaret. "Dumfries Burghs" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 7 May 2020 .
^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer . p. 204. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via Google Books .
^ Dod, Charles Roger ; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15 . Dod's Parliamentary Companion . p. 164. Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via Google Books .
^ Boase, George Clement (1889). "Ewart, William" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Farrell, S. M. (9 January 2014) [2004]. "Ewart, William (1798–1869)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/9011 .
^ "Leeds Intelligencer" . 31 July 1841. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Dumfries Burghs" . Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser . 10 July 1841. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1980). British Historical Facts 1760-1830 . Basingstoke: Palgrave. p. 58. doi :10.1007/978-1-137-06465-3 . ISBN 978-1-137-06465-3 . Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Google Books .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .
^ "Evening Mail" . 7 July 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "The Scotch Elections" . Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser . 20 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Election Intelligence" . Glasgow Herald . 18 April 1859. p. 5. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Dumfries" . Hamilton Advertiser . 24 June 1865. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Dumfries" . Wexford Independent . 24 June 1865. p. 1. Retrieved 10 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Election News" . Liverpool Daily Post . 22 July 1868. p. 10. Retrieved 10 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Election Results" . The Times . 6 April 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 22 February 2009 .
^ "The General Election" . Edinburgh Evening News . 1 April 1880. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "The General Election" . Glasgow Herald . 18 March 1880. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Dumfries Burghs" . Ayr Advertiser . 15 January 1880. p. 5. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ a b c d Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984 .
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ a b c d British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
^ Dundee Courier 28 Feb 1914
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