Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Inverness-shire
County constituency
Created: 1708
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons

Inverness-shire was a constituency of in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain form 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1918, representing the county of Inverness-shire (minus the Inverness parliamentary burgh, which was represented as a component of Inverness District of Burghs).

In 1918 the constituency was divided between the then new constituencies of Inverness and the Western Isles.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covered the county of Inverness-shire.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • 1708 Alexander Grant
  • 1710 Alexander McKenzie
  • 1715 John Forbes
  • 1722 Sir James Grant
  • 1741 Norman Macleod
  • 1754 Pryse Campbell
  • 1761 Simon Fraser
  • 1782 Archibald Campbell Fraser
  • 1784 Lord William Gordon
  • 1790 Norman Macleod
  • 1796 John Simon Frederick Fraser
  • 1802 Charles Grant
  • 1835 Alexander William Chisholm
  • 1838 Francis William Grant
  • 1868 Donald Cameron
  • 1885 Charles Fraser-Mackintosh
  • 1892 Donald MacGregor
  • 1895 James Evan Bruce Baillie

[edit] Election results

General Election 1906: Inverness-shire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Alexander Dewar 3,918
Conservative L.H. Strain 1,810
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