Dumfries Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dumfries Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1918. It elected 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 burgh constituencies of Dumfries, Annan, Kirkcudbright Burgh, Lochmaben and Sanquhar.

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the Dumfriesshire burghs of Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquhar and the Kirkcudbrightshire burgh of Kirkcudbright.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1918 general election.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquar were then merged into the county constituency of Dumfriesshire. Kirkcudbright was merged into Galloway.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1708 William Johnstone
1710 John Hutton
1713 Sir William Johnstone
1715 Alexander Fergusson
1722 William Douglas
1727 Archibald Douglas
1734 Charles Erskine
1735 William Kirkpatrick
1738 Sir Robert Laurie
1741 Lord John Johnstone
1743 Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Bt
1754 Archibald Douglas
1761 Thomas Miller
1766 James Montgomery
1768 William Douglas
1780 Sir Robert Herries
1784 Sir James Johnstone, 4th Bt
1790 Patrick Miller
1796 Alexander Hope
1800 William Johnstone Hope
1802 Charles Hope
1803 James Stopford
1806 Henry Erskine
1807 Sir John Heron-Maxwell
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1812 Lord William Douglas Tory[6][7]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1832 Matthew Sharpe Whig[6][8]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1841 William Ewart Radical[9][10][11][12][13]
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1859 Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1868 Robert Jardine Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1874 Ernest Noel Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1886 Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1886 Sir Robert Reid Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1906 John Gulland Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Dumfries District[6][7][14]
Party Candidate Votes %
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Template:Election box majority no changeTemplate:Election box registered electors no change
General election 1831: Dumfries District[6][7][14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Douglas Script error: No such module "string". 60.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". Matthew Sharpe Script error: No such module "string". 40.0
Turnout 5 c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1832: Dumfries District[6][15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Hannay 370 43.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 118 13.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 858 88.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing +16.9

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1835: Dumfries District[6][15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Hannay 370 46.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 52 6.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 792 79.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −3.6

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General election 1837: Dumfries District[6][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Dumfries District[15][6]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Johnston[16] 342 46.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 60 8.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 744 76.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party".

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General election 1847: Dumfries District[15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Dumfries District[15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1857: Dumfries District[15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Hannay[17] 185 26.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 321 46.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 691 78.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1859: Dumfries District[15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Gustavus Walker[18] 403 48.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 29 3.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 835 86.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −21.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Dumfries District[15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Clark Kennedy[19][20] 384 41.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 156 16.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 924 82.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +6.7

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1868: Dumfries District[15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ernest Noel[21] 1,083 49.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 42 2.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,208 93.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1870s

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Noel
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General election 1874: Dumfries Burghs[15]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Morden Carthew Yorstoun 1,122 44.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 298 11.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,542 89.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Dumfries Burghs[15][22]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Gordon[23] 872 33.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Theodore Edgar Dickson Byrne[24][25] 54 2.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 828 31.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,626 89.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +9.9

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1885: Dumfries Burghs [26][27]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Miles Walker Mattinson 1,363 46.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 183 6.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,909 92.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −12.7

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
General election 1886: Dumfries Burghs [26]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Miles Walker Mattinson 1,217 44.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 330 12.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,764 87.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +2.9

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Dumfries Burghs [26][27]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andrew Agnew 1,166 40.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 532 18.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,864 86.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +3.3

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Reid is appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 1894: Dumfries Burghs[27]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

File:Sir Robert Reid.jpg
Reid
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
General election 1895: Dumfries Burghs [26][27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Murray 1,185 39.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 600 20.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,970 85.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +0.8

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Dumfries Burghs [26][28]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". William Murray 1,300 41.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 547 17.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 3,147 84.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -1.4

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

File:John Gulland.jpg
Gulland
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
General election 1906: Dumfries Burghs [26][29]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Joseph J. Glover 1,402 40.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 633 18.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 3,437 90.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +0.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1909 Dumfries Burghs by-election[29]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Bryce Duncan 1,585 45.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 292 8.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 3,462 86.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -5.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Dumfries Burghs [29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Bryce Duncan 1,730 42.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 573 14.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 4,033 93.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −2.1

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link
General election December 1910: Dumfries Burghs [29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Pollok-McCall 1,596 40.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 719 18.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 3,911 91.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors Template:Ifnumber Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +2.1

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Notes

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  15. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  26. ↑ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  27. ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  28. ↑ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  29. ↑ a b c d British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  30. ↑ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  31. ↑ Dundee Courier 28 Feb 1914

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