Haddingtonshire was a Scottish county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918.

Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Haddingtonshire.

Boundaries The constituency encompassed the county of Haddingtonshire, with the exception, until 1885, of three towns (Haddington, Dunbar and North Berwick) which formed part of the separate constituency of Haddington Burghs.

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.

In 1918, it was merged with the neighbouring Berwickshire constituency to form a new Berwick and Haddington constituency.

Members of Parliament Election Member Party1708 John Cockburn 1741 Lord Charles Hay 1747 Sir Hew Dalrymple 1761 Andrew Fletcher 1768 Sir George Suttie 1777 William Hamilton Nisbet 1780 Hew Dalrymple 1786 John Hamilton 1795 Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton 1800 Charles Hope 1816 Sir James Suttie 1826 Lord John Hay Tory1831 James Balfour Tory 1834 Conservative1835 Robert Ferguson Whig1837 James Broun-Ramsay Conservative1838 by-election Sir Thomas Buchan-Hepburn Conservative1847 Francis Charteris (styled Lord Elcho from 1853) Conservative1883 by-election Hugo Charteris Conservative1885 Richard Haldane Liberal1911 by-electionJohn Hope Liberal 1916 Coalition Liberal1918 constituency abolished

Elections Elections in the 1830s

Broun-Ramsay succeeded to the peerage, becoming 10th Earl of Dalhousie and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Charteris was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Charteris is elevated to the peerage, becoming Earl of Wemyss and March, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

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 Hope Unionist: Hugh Macmillan

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