Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1918
Kirkcudbright Stewartry , later known as Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire , was a Scottish 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 (MP).
Creation [ ]
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Kirkcudbright Stewartry . 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.
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 and 1885 was included in the Wigtown Burghs district). In 1918 the area was combined with Wigtownshire to form the Galloway constituency.
History [ ]
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918.[1]
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Members of Parliament [ ]
Elections [ ]
Galloway constituencies election results
Elections in the 1830s [ ]
Fergusson was appointed Judge-Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.
Fergusson was appointed Judge-Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.
Fergusson's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s [ ]
Murray's death caused a by-election.
Maitland was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s [ ]
Maitland resigned after being appointed a senator of the College of Justice , becoming Lord Dundrennan and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s [ ]
Mackie's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s [ ]
Elections in the 1880s [ ]
Elections in the 1890s [ ]
Elections in the 1900s [ ]
Elections in the 1910s [ ]
General Election 1914–15 :
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Liberal : Gilbert McMicking
Unionist :
References [ ]
^ "Kirkcudbright Stewartry" . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ "Kirkcudbright Stewartry" . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ "Kirkcudbright Stewartry" . History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ "Kirkcudbright Stewartry" . History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ "Kirkcudbright Stewartry" . History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 9 June 2019 .
^ a b c d Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 206. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via Google Books .
^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer . p. 90. Retrieved 18 August 2019 – via Google Books .
^ "Limerick Chronicle" . 2 January 1839. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Stewartry Kirkcudbright" . Leeds Intelligencer . 30 August 1845. p. 6. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Kirkcudbright" . Hereford Journal . 27 August 1845. p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ The Economist, Volume 3, Part 2 . Economist Newspaper Limited. 1845. p. 794 – via Google Books .
^ "Carlisle Journal" . 15 February 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "The Recent Election in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright" . Liverpool Daily Post . 18 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Election Intelligence" . Wells Journal . 28 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b c d e f g h fISHER, David R. "Kirkcudbright Stewartry" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .
^ "Carlisle Journal" . 16 August 1845. p. 3. Retrieved 18 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Scotch Elections" . Banffshire Journal and General Advertiser . 24 March 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Election News" . Greenock Advertiser . 10 September 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 20 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b c "Banquet" . Edinburgh Evening News . 5 May 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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