| Elgin Burghs | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | District of burghs |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Next: | Kincardine and Aberdeenshire East, Banffshire, Moray and Nairn and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West, |
| Region: | Scotland |
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.
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Elgin, Banff, Cullen, Inverurie and Kintore.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 1918, Elgin became part of Moray and Nairn, Banff and Cullen part of Banffshire, Inverurie and Kintore part of Central Aberdeenshire and Peterhead part of East Aberdeenshire.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | Hon. Patrick Ogilvy | |||
| 1710 | Alexander Reid | |||
| 1713 | James Murray | Tory[6] | ||
| 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 | Tory[7] | |||
| 1831 | Sir William Gordon-Cumming, Bt | Tory | ||
| 1832 | Sir Andrew Leith Hay | Whig | ||
| 1838 | Fox Maule, later Earl of Dalhousie | Whig | ||
| 1841 | Sir Andrew Leith Hay | Whig[8] [9] | ||
| 1847 | George Skene Duff | Whig | ||
| 1857 | M. E. Grant Duff | Whig[10] | ||
| 1859 | 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 | |||
Hay was appointed as Clerk of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.
Hay was appointed as Clerk of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.
Hay resigned after being appointed as Governor of Bermuda, causing a by-election.
Duff resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Duff resigned after being appointed Governor of Madras, causing a by-election.
Asher was appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
Asher was re-appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
Asher is appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.