Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. The constituency represented the parliamentary burghs of Leith, Musselburgh and Portobello.
In 1918 Leith was included in Leith, while Musselburgh and Portobello were merged into Edinburgh East.
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1832 John Murray Whig1839 by-election Andrew Rutherfurd Whig1851 by-election James Moncreiff Whig 1859Sir William Miller Liberal 1865 Sir William Miller Liberal 1868 Robert Andrew Macfie Liberal 1874 Donald Robert Macgregor Liberal1878 Andrew Grant Liberal 1885 William Jacks Liberal 1886 Liberal Unionist 1886 William Ewart Gladstone Liberal 1886 Ronald Munro Ferguson Liberal1914 George Welsh Currie Unionist 1918 constituency abolished
Election results 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
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
See also
District of burghs
References