Elginshire, in Scotland, was a county 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 1832. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
| Elginshire | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Elginshire |
| 1708–1832 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Elginshire |
| Replaced by | Elginshire & Nairnshire |
In 1832, it was combined with Nairnshire and was added to form Elginshire and Nairnshire, which was in turn reconstituted in 1918 as Moray and Nairn, with the incorporation of the burghs of Elgin, Nairn and Forres which had previously been part of Inverness Burghs and Elgin Burghs.
Creation
editThe British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Elgin & Forresshire .
Members of Parliament
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | Robert Urquhart | ||
| 1710 | Alexander Grant | ||
| 1720 | James Brodie | ||
| 1720 | Alexander Brodie | ||
| 1741 | Sir Ludovick Grant | ||
| 1761 | James Grant | ||
| 1768 | Francis Grant | ||
| 1774 | Arthur Duff | ||
| 1779 | Lord William Gordon | ||
| 1784 | James Duff, Earl of Fife | Pittite | |
| 1790 | Ludovick Grant, later Earl of Seafield | ||
| 1796 | James Brodie | ||
| 1807 | Francis Ogilvy-Grant, later Earl of Seafield | Tory | |
| 1832 | Constituency merged with Nairnshire | ||
References
edit- "Elginshire (Morayshire)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 February 2013.