DUMFRIESSHIRE (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)


'Dumfriesshire' was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 until 2005. It was known as 'Dumfries' from 1950. It was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and Dumfries and Galloway as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.

Contents
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
MPs 1708-1832
MPs 1832-2005
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1900s
References

Boundaries


Members of Parliament


MPs 1708-1832

YearMemberParty
1708 James Johnston, Lord Johnston later Marquess of Annandale
1709 William Grierson
1711 James Murray
1713 Sir William Johnstone
1722 Charles Areskine
1741 Sir John Douglas
1747 Lord Charles Douglas
1755 James Veitch
1761 Archibald Douglas
1774 Sir Robert Laurie
1804 Sir William Johnstone Hope
1830 John James Hope Johnstone
1832''Reform Act 1832: franchise expanded''

MPs 1832-2005

ElectionMemberParty
1832 John James Hope Johnstone
1847 Archibald William Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig
Feb 1857 John James Hope Johnstone
1865 George Gustavus Walker
1868 Sydney Hedley Waterlow Liberal
Mar. 1869 George Gustavus Walker
1874 John James Hope Johnstone
1880 Sir Robert Jardine
1892 William Jardine Herries Maxwell Conservative
1895 Robinson Souttar Liberal
1900 William Jardine Herries Maxwell Conservative
1906 Percy Alport Molteno Liberal
1918 William Murray Conservative
1922 William Allan Chapple Liberal
1924 John Charteris Conservative
1929 Dr Joseph Hunter 1 Liberal
''1931'' National Liberal
Sep. 1935 Sir Henry Fildes National Liberal
1945 Major Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson, later Baron Drumalbyn National Liberal
Dec. 1963 David Colville Anderson Conservative
1964 Hector Seymour Peter Monro, later Baron Monro Conservative
1997 Russell Leslie Brown Labour
2005''constituency abolished''

1 Dr Hunter was elected in 1929 as a Liberal candidate, but in split after the 1931 general election, he joined the National Liberals.

Election results


Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1900s

References



British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, , F. W. S., Craig, Parliamentary Research Services, 1983, ISBN 0-900178-06-X

Historical list of MPs: D

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