Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Inverness Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 2005 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Inverness Burghs was a district of burghs constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. The constituency represented the parliamentary burghs of Inverness, Fortrose, Forres and Nairn.
In 1918 the constituency was dissolved, with the burgh of Inverness and the mainland and Inner Hebridean areas of Inverness-shire being combined to form the new constituency of Inverness, Forres and Nairn being merged into Moray and Nairn and Fortrose being merged into to Ross and Cromarty.
The constituency of Inverness was altered to Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber in 1983, incorporating part of Moray and Nairn. The name was changed again in 1997 to Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber. The latest version is Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.
There is also an Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the House of Commons constituency of that name.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Inverness Burghs (1708-1918)
- 1708 Alexander Duff
- 1710 George Mackenzie
- 1713 William Steuart
- 1722 Alexander Gordon
- 1722 Duncan Forbes
- 1737 Duncan Urquhart
- 1741 Kenneth Mackenzie, Baron Fortrose
- 1747 Alexander Brodie
- 1754 John Campbell
- 1761 Sir Alexander Grant
- 1768 Sir Hector Munro
- 1802 Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon
- 1803 George Cumming
- 1806 Francis William Grant, later Earl of Seafield
- 1807 Peter Baillie
- 1811 Charles Grant, later Baron Glenelg
- 1818 George Cumming
- 1826 Robert Grant
- 1830 John Baillie
- 1832 John Baillie
- 1833 Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce
- 1837 Roderick MacLeod
- 1840 James Morrison
- 1847 Alexander Matheson
- 1868 Aeneas William Mackintosh
- 1874 Charles Fraser-Mackintosh
- 1885 Robert Bannatyne Finlay, later Viscount Finlay Liberal
- 1892 Gilbert Beith
- 1895 Robert Bannatyne Finlay, later Viscount Finlay Liberal
- 1906 John Annan Bryce Liberal
[edit] Inverness (1918-1983)
- 1918-1922: Thomas Brash Morison, Liberal
- 1922-1950: Sir Murdoch Macdonald
- 1950-1954: Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, Conservative
- 1954-1964: Neil McLean, Conservative
- 1964-1983: Russell Johnston, Liberal
[edit] Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber (1983-1997)
- 1983 Sir David Russell Johnston, later Baron Russell-Johnston
[edit] Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (1997-2005)
- 1997 David John Stewart Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1931: Inverness | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Sir Murdoch Macdonald KCMG CB | 18,702 | |||
| Labour | D.N. Mackay | 5,941 | |||
| Scottish National Party | John MacCormick | 4,016 | |||
| General Election 1906: Inverness Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John Annan Bryce | 2,304 | 56.9 | ||
| Conservative | Rt Hon Robert Bannatyne Finlay GCMG KC | 1,746 | 43.1 | ||
