Elgin Burghs

Elgin Burghs
Elgin Burghs
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.

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	Member^[6]	Party
1708	Hon. Patrick Ogilvy
1710	Alexander Reid
1713	James Murray	Tory^[7]
1715	John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll	Whig
1722	William Fraser	Tory
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 Ogilvy-Grant, later Earl of Seafield
1806	George Skene
1807	Archibald Colquhoun
1810	William Dundas	Tory
1812	Archibald Campbell	Tory
1812	Patrick Milne	Tory
1818	Robert Grant	Tory
1820	Archibald Farquharson	Whig
1826	Alexander Duff
1830	Alexander Duff	Tory^[8]
1831	Sir William Gordon-Cumming, Bt	Tory^[8]
1832	Sir Andrew Leith Hay	Whig^[8]^[9]^[10]
1838	Fox Maule, later Earl of Dalhousie	Whig^[8]
1841	Sir Andrew Leith Hay	Whig^[8]^[9]^[10]
1847	George Skene Duff	Whig
1857	M. E. Grant Duff	Whig^[11]
1859	M. E. Grant Duff	Liberal
1881 by-election	Alexander Asher	Liberal
1905 by-election	John Sutherland	Liberal
1918 by-election	Charles Barrie, later Baron Abertay	Liberal
1918	constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Andrew Leith Hay	350	50.1
	Tory	Holt Mackenzie^[15]	225	32.2
	Whig	Alexander Morison^[16]	123	17.6
Majority			125	17.9
Turnout			698	89.9
Registered electors			776
	Whig gain from Tory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Andrew Leith Hay	Unopposed
	Whig hold

Creation

Elgin Burghs
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,

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Andrew Leith Hay	384	59.3	−8.4
	Conservative	William Brodie^[17]	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Andrew Leith Hay	311	51.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Thomas Abercromby Duff^[18]	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^[19]	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

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

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

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

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

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