Dumfries Burghs
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| Dumfries Burghs Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Dumfries 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 until 1918.
The constituency represented the Dumfriesshire burghs of Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquhar and the Kirkcudbrightshire burgh of Kirkcudbright.
In 1918 Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquar were merged into the county constituency of Dumfriesshire. Kirkcudbright was merged into Galloway.
[edit] Members of Parliament
1708 William Johnstone
1710 John Hutton
1713 Sir William Johnstone
1715 Alexander Fergusson
1722 William Douglas
1727 Archibald Douglas
1734 Charles Areskine
1735 William Kirkpatrick
1738 Sir Robert Laurie
1741 Lord John Johnstone
1743 Sir James Johnstone
1754 Archibald Douglas
1761 Thomas Miller
1768 William Douglas
1780 Sir Robert Herries
1784 Sir James Johnstone
1790 Patrick Miller
1796 Alexander Hope
1800 William Johnstone Hope
1802 Charles Hope
1803 James George Stopford, Viscount Stopford, later Earl of Courtown
1806 Henry Erskine
1807 Sir John Shaw Stewart Heron-Maxwell
1812 (Lord) William Robert Keith Douglas
1832 Matthew Sharpe
1841 William Ewart
1868 Robert Jardine
1874 Ernest Noel
1886 Sir Robert Threshie Reid, later Earl of Loreburn
1906 John William Gulland
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1906: Dumfries District | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John William Gulland | 2,035 | |||
| Conservative | Joseph J. Glover | 1,402 | |||
