Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Leith Burghs Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. The constituency represented the parliamentary burghs of Leith, Musselburgh and Portobello.
In 1918 Leith was included in Edinburgh Leith. Musselburgh and Portobello were merged into Edinburgh East
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1832: John Archibald Murray
- 1839: Andrew Rutherfurd
- 1851: James Moncreiff, later Baron Moncreiff
- 1859: William Miller
- 1868: Robert Andrew Macfie
- 1874: Donald Robert Macgregor
- 1878: Andrew Grant
- 1885: William Jacks
- 1886: William Ewart Gladstone
- 1886: Ronald Munro-Ferguson, later Viscount Novar
- 1914: George Welsh Currie
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1906: Leith Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Ronald Munro-Ferguson | 7,677 | |||
| Conservative | Frank T. Cooper KC | 4,865 | |||
