Dumfries 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 Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Dumfries, Annan, Kirkcudbright Burgh, Lochmaben and Sanquhar.
Boundaries
The constituency comprised the Dumfriesshire burghs of Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquhar and the Kirkcudbrightshire burgh of Kirkcudbright.
History
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquar were then merged into the county constituency of Dumfriesshire. Kirkcudbright was merged into Galloway.
Members of Parliament
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|1708
| William Johnstone
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|1710
| John Hutton
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|1713
| Sir William Johnstone
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|1715
| Alexander Fergusson
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|1722
| William Douglas
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|1727
| Archibald Douglas
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|1734
| Charles Erskine
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|1735
| William Kirkpatrick
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|1738
| Sir Robert Laurie
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|1741
| Lord John Johnstone
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|1743
| Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Bt
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|1754
| Archibald Douglas
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|1761
| Thomas Miller
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|1766
| James Montgomery
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|1768
| William Douglas
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|1780
| Sir Robert Herries
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|1784
| Sir James Johnstone, 4th Bt
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|1790
| Patrick Miller
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|1796
| Alexander Hope
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|1800
| William Johnstone Hope
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|1802
| Charles Hope
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|1803
| James Stopford
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|1806
| Henry Erskine
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|1807
| Sir John Heron-Maxwell
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|1812
| Lord William Douglas
| Tory
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|1832
| Matthew Sharpe
| Whig
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| 1841
| rowspan="2" | William Ewart
| Radical
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|1859
| Liberal
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|1868
| Robert Jardine
| Liberal
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|1874
|rowspan="2"| Ernest Noel
| Liberal
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| 1886
| Liberal Unionist
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|1886
| Sir Robert Reid
| Liberal
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|1906
| John Gulland
| Liberal
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|colspan="2" align="center"| 1918
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished
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Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
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Reid is appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1900s
thumb|120px|Gulland
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: John Gulland
- Unionist: Sir Archibald Mclnnes Shaw