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 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 The constituency comprised the Dumfriesshire burghs of Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquhar and the Kirkcudbrightshire burgh of Kirkcudbright.
History 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.
Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquar were then merged into the county constituency of Dumfriesshire. Kirkcudbright was merged into Galloway.
Members of Parliament Election Member Party1708 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 James Stopford 1806 Henry Erskine 1807 Sir John Heron-Maxwell 1812 Lord William Douglas Tory1832 Matthew Sharpe Whig 1841 William Ewart Radical1859 Liberal1868 Robert Jardine Liberal1874 Ernest Noel Liberal 1886 Liberal Unionist1886 Sir Robert Reid Liberal1906 John Gulland Liberal 1918 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
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Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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 ShawDundee Courier 28 Feb 1914
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