Hawick Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It consisted of the Roxburghshire burgh of Hawick and the Selkirkshire burghs of Galashiels and Selkirk.

Members of Parliament

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| 1868

|rowspan="2"| George Trevelyan

| Liberal

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|1886

| Liberal Unionist

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| 1886

| Alexander Laing Brown

| Liberal

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| 1892

| Thomas Shaw

| Liberal

| later Baron Craigmyle

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| 1909 by-election

| Sir John Barran

| Liberal

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|colspan="2" align="center"| 1918

|colspan="3"| constituency abolished

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Election results

thumb|120px|Trevelyan

George Otto Trevelyan was returned without opposition at the 1868 general election and again after acceptance of office at a by-election on 14 January 1869.

Elections in the 1860s

Trevelyan was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

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Shaw was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.

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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 Barran
  • Unionist: Norman W. Grieve

References