Wigtownshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Wigtownshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Wigtownshire, 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 British general election in Wigtownshire 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 Kirkcudbrightshire to form the Galloway constituency.
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[edit] Boundaries
Wigtownshire was a Scottish shire (later known as a county), which had previously been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland. The constituenency included the whole shire, except that between 1708-1885 the burghs of Stranraer, New Galloway, Whithorn and Wigtown, formed part of the Wigtown Burghs constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 17 September 1784 Andrew McDouall
- 28 October 1812 William Stewart
- 21 November 1868 Alan Plantagenet Stewart, Lord Garlies, later Earl of Galloway
- 24 February 1873 Robert Vans-Agnew
- 12 February 1915 Hew Hamilton Dalrymple
[edit] Elections
| General Election 1906: Wigtownshire [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Viscount Dalrymple | 2,866 | 57.4 | ||
| Liberal | Capt. Walter Waring | 2,127 | 42.6 | ||
In July 1886 Sir Herbert Maxwell accepted office as a Junior Lord of the Treasury and on a new election on 12 August 1886 was returned unopposed.
| General Election 1886: Wigtownshire [2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bt | 2,920 | |||
| Liberal | John Phillips Coldstream | 1,719 | |||
| General Election 1885: Wigtownshire [3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bt | 2,920 | |||
| Liberal | Hon Hew Hamilton Dalrymple | 2,625 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
