Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Elgin Burghs | |
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Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
1708–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Banff, Cullen, Elgin, Inverurie and Kintore |
Replaced by | Kincardine and Aberdeenshire East, Banffshire, Moray and Nairn and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West, |
Elgin 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 United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. Until 1832, when Peterhead was added, the constituency comprised the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, Cullen, Banff, Inverurie and Kintore, lying in Elginshire (later known as Morayshire), Banffshire and Aberdeenshire.
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 Elgin, Banff, Cullen, Inverurie and Kintore.
History
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918.
In 1918, Elgin became part of Moray and Nairn, Banff and Cullen part of Banffshire, Inverurie and Kintore part of Central Aberdeenshire and Peterhead part of East Aberdeenshire.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Alexander Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 84 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Gordon-Cumming | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 84 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Andrew Leith Hay | 350 | 50.1 | ||
Tory | Holt Mackenzie | 225 | 32.2 | ||
Whig | Alexander Morison | 123 | 17.6 | ||
Majority | 125 | 17.9 | |||
Turnout | 698 | 89.9 | |||
Registered electors | 776 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Hay was appointed as Clerk of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Andrew Leith Hay | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Andrew Leith Hay | 384 | 59.3 | -8.4 | |
Conservative | William Brodie | 264 | 40.7 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 120 | 18.6 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 648 | 79.8 | −10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 812 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Hay was appointed as Clerk of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Andrew Leith Hay | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Andrew Leith Hay | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 858 | ||||
Whig hold |
Hay resigned after being appointed as Governor of Bermuda, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Fox Maule | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Andrew Leith Hay | 311 | 51.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Abercromby Duff | 297 | 48.8 | New | |
Majority | 14 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 608 | 70.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 857 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Skene Duff | 242 | 41.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alexander Bannerman | 192 | 33.0 | −15.8 | |
Whig | Andrew Leith Hay | 147 | 25.3 | −25.9 | |
Majority | 50 | 8.7 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 581 | 67.4 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 862 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Skene Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 988 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Skene Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 967 | ||||
Whig hold |
Duff resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | M. E. Grant Duff | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | M. E. Grant Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 969 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | M. E. Grant Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,059 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | M. E. Grant Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,962 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | M. E. Grant Duff | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,501 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | M. E. Grant Duff | 2,082 | 73.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Mackenzie Maclean | 764 | 26.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,318 | 46.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,846 | 74.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,806 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Duff resigned after being appointed Governor of Madras, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Asher | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Asher was appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Asher | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Asher | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Asher was re-appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Asher | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Asher | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Asher | 1,668 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Augustus Grant | 1,127 | 40.3 | New | |
Majority | 541 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,795 | 66.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,182 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Asher is appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Asher | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Asher | 1,853 | 61.5 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Thomas Gordon | 1,161 | 38.5 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 692 | 23.0 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,014 | 67.9 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,440 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Asher | 1,744 | 59.5 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | John Moffatt | 1,187 | 40.5 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 557 | 19.0 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,931 | 64.6 | −3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,535 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sutherland | 2,474 | 70.8 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Patrick Rose-Innes | 1,021 | 29.2 | −11.3 | |
Majority | 1,453 | 41.6 | +22.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,495 | 73.6 | +9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,748 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sutherland | 2,742 | 77.7 | +18.2 | |
Conservative | Evan N B Mackenzie | 786 | 22.3 | −18.2 | |
Majority | 1,956 | 55.4 | +36.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,528 | 72.5 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,867 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +18.2 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sutherland | 3,031 | 71.6 | -6.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | William George Black | 1,201 | 28.4 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 1,830 | 43.2 | -12.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,232 | 79.8 | +7.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Sutherland | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Barrie | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |