Kincardineshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP).
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The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Kincardineshire . The first election to a Parliament of Great Britain was in 1708. In 1707-08 members of the 1702-1707 Parliament of Scotland were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain , for further details.
The constituency represented the county of Kincardineshre ., which had previously been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland . The constituency included the whole shire, except for the Royal burgh of Inverbervie which formed part of the Aberdeen Burghs constituency.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was reorganised in 1918.[1]
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In 1918, the constituency was combined with part of Western Aberdeenshire to form the Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire constituency.
Constituency created (1708)
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Constituency abolished (1918)
Elections in the 1830s
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Elections in the 1870s
Nicol's death caused a by-election.
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Crombie
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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;
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Some sources describe Stephen as a Liberal Unionist
References
Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984 .
Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
The Times House of Commons 1910 ; Politico's Publishing 2004 p100
Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
The Times House of Commons, 1911 ; Politico's Publishing 2004, p110