Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Elgin Burghs
Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons
1708–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Aberdeenshire East, Banffshire, Elginshire and Nairnshire and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West,
Created from	Banff, Cullen, Elgin, Inverurie and Kintore

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.

In 1918 the constituency was abolished. Elgin became part of Elginshire and Nairnshire, Banff and Cullen part of Banffshire, Inverurie and Kintore part of Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West and Peterhead part of Aberdeenshire East.

List of Members of Parliament 1708-1918

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1708	Hon. Patrick Ogilvy
	1710	Alexander Reid
	1713	James Murray
	1715	John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll
	1722	William Fraser
	1725	John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll
	1727	William Steuart
	1728	Patrick Campbell
	1734	William Steuart
	1741	Sir James Grant, Bt
	1747	William Grant
	1755	Sir Andrew Mitchell
	1771	Thomas Lockhart
	1774	Staats Long Morris
	1784	William Adam
	1790	Alexander Brodie
	1802	Francis William Grant, later Earl of Seafield
	1806	George Skene
	1807	Archibald Campbell-Colquhoun
	1810	William Dundas	Tory
	1812	Archibald Campbell	Tory
	1812	Patrick Milne	Tory
	1818	Robert Grant
	1820	Archibald Farquharson
	1826	Alexander Duff
	1831	Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, Bt
	1832	Sir Andrew Leith Hay	Whig
	1838	Fox Maule, later Earl of Dalhousie	Whig
	1841	Sir Andrew Leith Hay	Whig
	1847	George Skene Duff	Whig
	1857	Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff	Liberal
	1881 by-election	Alexander Asher	Liberal
	1905 by-election	John Ebenezer Sutherland	Liberal
	1918 by-election	Charles Coupar Barrie, later Baron Abertay	Liberal
	1918	constituency abolished

Election results

At the General Election 1868 Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff was elected unopposed.^[2]

Alexander Asher was elected unopposed at the General Election 1885, at a by-election on 12 February 1886 after acceptance of office, and again at the General Election 1886.^[3]

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Elgin Burghs [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Asher	1,668
	Conservative	James Augustus Grant	1,127
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Alexander Asher

General Election 1895: Elgin Burghs [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Asher	1,853
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Thomas Gordon	1,161
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Elgin Burghs[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Asher	1,744
	Conservative	John Moffat	1,187
Majority			557
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elgin Burghs by-election, 1905[7] Electorate 4,748
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Ebenezer Sutherland	2,474
	Conservative	Patrick Rose-Innes	1,021
Majority			1,458
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Elgin Burghs [8] Electorate 4,867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Ebenezer Sutherland	2,742
	Conservative	E.N.B. Mackenzie	786
Majority			1,956
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election Jan 1910: Elgin Burghs [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Ebenezer Sutherland	3,031
	Liberal Unionist	William George Black	1,201
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election Dec 1910: Elgin Burghs [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Ebenezer Sutherland	unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Charles Barrie

Elgin Burghs by-election, 1918 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Coupar Barrie	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
2. Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
3. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
4. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
5. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
6. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
7. The Times, 11 September 1905, p4
8. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
9. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
10. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
11. The Times, 26 October 1918

See also

• Elgin Burghs by-election, 1918