Kirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kirkcudbright Stewartry County constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Kirkcudbright Stewartry, later known as Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament.
The first election in the stewartry was in 1708. In 1707-08, members of the 1702-1707 Parliament of Scotland were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, for further details.
In 1918 the area was combined with Wigtownshire to form the Galloway constituency.
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[edit] Boundaries
The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was a Scottish stewartry (later considered to be a county and sometimes called Kirkcudbrightshire), which had been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland. The constituency included the whole stewartry, except for the Royal burghs of Kirkcudbright (which formed part of the Dumfries Burghs constituency) and New Galloway (which between 1708-1885 was included in the Wigtown Burghs district).
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 17 February 1715 Alexander Murray
- 14 September 1727 Patrick Heron
- 31 December 1742 John Maxwell
- 6 February 1782 Peter Johnston
- 23 March 1795 Patrick Heron (Whig)
- 2 November 1812 James Dunlop
- 31 December 1838 Alexander Murray
- 20 February 1850 John Mackie
- 30 January 1868 Wellwood Herries Maxwell
- 10 February 1874 John Maitland
- December 1910 Gilbert McMicking, Liberal
[edit] Elections
| General Election 1906: Kirkcudbrightshire [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Maj Gilbert McMicking | 2,715 | |||
| Conservative | Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart Bt | 2,418 | |||
| General Election 1886: Kirkcudbrightshire [2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mark John Stewart | 2,471 | |||
| Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,406 | |||
| General Election 1885: Kirkcudbrightshire [3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mark John Stewart | 2,526 | |||
| Liberal | Alexander Young | 2,406 | |||
