Elginshire and Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Elginshire and Nairnshire County constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Elginshire and Nairnshire was a county constituency in Scotland. From 1832 to 1918, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Politics and history of the constituency
4 Election results
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created in 1832 by the Scottish Reform Act 1832 by a merger of two former constituencies: Elginshire and Nairnshire. It extended to the counties of Elginshire and Nairnshire, with the exception of the burghs of Elgin, Nairn and Forres which were instead part of Inverness Burghs and Elgin Burghs.

It was replaced in 1918 by the new Moray and Nairn constituency, which includes all of Elginshire and Nairnshire, including of the burghs of Elgin, Nairn and Forres.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1832 Francis William Grant, later Earl of Seafield
1840 Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce
1868 James Ogilvy Grant, later Earl of Seafield
1874 Alexander William George Duff, Viscount Macduff, later Duke of Fife
1879 Sir George MacPherson-Grant Bt Liberal (Unionist)
1886 Charles Henry Anderson Liberal (Gladstonian)
1889 John Seymour Keay
1895 John Edward Gordon
1906 Sir Archibald Williamson, later Baron Forres

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency

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[edit] Election results

General Election 1885: Elginshire and Nairnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir George Macpherson-Grant Bt	1,612
	Conservative	Hugh Fife Ashley Brodie	1,556
	Liberal	Charles Henry Anderson	1,435

General Election 1886: Elginshire and Nairnshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Henry Anderson	1,991
	Liberal Unionist	Sir George Macpherson-Grant Bt	1,872

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[edit] See also

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