Haddingtonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Haddingtonshire County constituency
Created:	1708
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons

Haddingtonshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 1918.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency encompassed the county of Haddingtonshire, with the exception, until 1885, of the burgh of Haddington, which formed the separate constituency of Haddington.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1708 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 Hamilton Dalrymple

• 1800 Charles Hope

• 1816 Sir James Suttie

• 1826 Lord John Hay

• 1831 James Balfour

• 1835 Robert Ferguson

• 1837 James Andrew Ramsay, Baron Ramsay, later Marquess of Dalhousie

• 1838 Sir Thomas Buchan Hepburn

• 1847 Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, Baron Elcho, later Earl of Wemyss and March

• 1883 Hugo Richard Douglas, Baron Elcho, later Earl of Wemyss and March

• 1885 Richard Burdon Haldane, later Viscount Haldane Liberal

• 1911 John Deans Hope

[edit] Election results

General Election 1906: Haddingtonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane KC	3,469
	Conservative	G. Craig Sellar	2,289