Falkirk Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Falkirk Burghs
Burgh constituency
Created: 1832
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: One

Falkirk 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 comprised the burghs of Falkirk, Airdrie, Hamilton, Lanark and Linlithgow, lying in Stirlingshire, Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire.

In 1918, Falkirk became part of Stirling and Falkirk Burghs, Hamilton and Lanark formed the core of new Hamilton and Lanark constituencies, and Linlithgow was represented as part of Linlithgowshire.

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[edit] Member of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 1906: Falkirk Burghs[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Archibald Murray Macdonald 5,158
Conservative H.S. Keith 3,176
Labour D. Gilmour 1,763
General Election 1892: Falkirk Burghs [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Smith 3,816
Liberal Unionist William Pirrie Sinclair 3,177
Registered Electors 8,402
General Election 1886: Falkirk Burghs [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Pirrie Sinclair 2,713
Liberal Harry Smith 2,693
General Election 1885: Falkirk Burghs [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Ramsay 3,104
Conservative Samuel Dick Mason 2,204
Liberal James Galloway Weir 814
Liberal J. Roskill 14

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  3. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

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