Hawick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hawick Burghs Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Hawick Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It represented the Roxburghshire burgh of Hawick and the Selkirkshire burghs of Galashiels and Selkirk.
[edit] Member of Parliament
- 1886 Alexander Laing Brown
- 1892 Thomas Shaw, later Baron Craigmyle Liberal
- 1909 Sir John Nicholson Barran
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1906: Hawick Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Rt Hon Thomas Shaw KC | 3,125 | |||
| Conservative | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 2,444 | |||
[edit] Politics and history of the constituency
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