Kirkcudbright Stewartry, later known as Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire, was a Scottish

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

of the House of Commons of the

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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 The Acts of Union ( gd, Achd an Aonaidh) were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act 1707 passed by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the te ...

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

. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, for further details.

Boundaries

The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

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 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 ...

constituency) and New Galloway (which between 1708 and 1885 was included in the

Wigtown Burghs Wigtown Burghs, also known as Wigton Burghs,. was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represent ...

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.

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

* {{Scottish Westminster constituencies (style 1) Politics of Dumfries and Galloway Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708