Elginshire, in
Scotland
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, was a
county constituency
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Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called " constitue ...
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 1832. It elected one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) using the
first-past-the-post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
voting system.
In 1832, it was combined with
Nairnshire
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and was added to form
Elginshire and Nairnshire, which was in turn reconstituted in 1918 as
Moray and Nairn, with the incorporation of the
burghs of
Elgin,
Nairn
Nairn (; gd, Inbhir Narann) is a town and royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the tradi ...
and
Forres
Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions. There a ...
which had previously been part of
Inverness Burghs and
Elgin Burghs.
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the
Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former
Parliament of Scotland
The Parliament of Scotland ( sco, Pairlament o Scotland; gd, PĂ rlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707. The parliament evolved during the early 13th century from the king's council o ...
shire constituency of
Elgin & Forresshire .
Members of Parliament
References
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Politics of Moray
Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832