Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Elgin Burghs Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Elgin 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 to 1918. Until 1832, when Peterhead was added, the constituency comprised the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, Cullen, Banff, Inverurie and Kintore, lying in Elginshire (later known as Morayshire), Banffshire and Aberdeenshire.
In 1918 the constituency was abolished. Elgin became part of Elginshire and Nairnshire, Banff and Cullen part of Banffshire, Inverurie and Kintore part of Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West and Peterhead part of Aberdeenshire East.
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[edit] Member of Parliament
- 1708 Patrick Ogilvie
- 1710 Alexander Reid
- 1713 James Murray
- 1715 John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll
- 1722 William Fraser
- 1725 John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll
- 1727 William Steuart
- 1728 Patrick Campbell
- 1734 William Steuart
- 1741 Sir James Grant
- 1747 William Grant
- 1755 Sir Andrew Mitchell
- 1771 Thomas Lockhart
- 1774 Staats Long Morris
- 1784 William Adam
- 1790 Alexander Brodie
- 1802 Francis William Grant, later Earl of Seafield
- 1806 George Skene
- 1807 Archibald Campbell-Colquhoun
- 1810 William Dundas
- 1812 Archibald Campbell
- 1812 Patrick Milne
- 1818 Robert Grant
- 1820 Archibald Farquharson
- 1826 Alexander Duff
- 1831 Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming
- 1832 Sir Andrew Leith Hay
- 1838 Fox Maule, later Earl of Dalhousie
- 1841 Sir Andrew Leith Hay
- 1847 George Skene Duff
- 1857 Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, Liberal
- 1881 Alexander Asher, Liberal
- 1905 John Ebenezer Sutherland, Liberal
- 1918 Charles Coupar Barrie, later Baron Abertay, Liberal
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1906: Elgin Burghs [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John Ebenezer Sutherland | 2,742 | |||
| Conservative | R. Mackenzie | 786 | |||
| General Election 1892: Elgin Burghs [2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Alexander Asher QC | 1,668 | |||
| Conservative | James Augustus Grant | 1,127 | |||
| Registered Electors | 4,182 | ||||
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Alexander Asher was elected unopposed at the General Election 1885, at a bye-election on 12 February 1886 after acceptance of office, and again at the General Election 1886. [3]
