Английская Википедия:Caithness (UK Parliament constituency)

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Caithness was a county 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.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Caithness-shire.

History

From 1708 to 1832 Caithness and Buteshire were paired as alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next. The areas which were covered by the two constituencies are quite remote from each other, Caithness in the northeast of Scotland and Buteshire in the southwest. From 1832 to 1918 Caithness was represented continuously by its own MP.

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1918.

Boundaries

From 1708 to 1832, the Caithness constituency covered the county of Caithness minus the parliamentary burgh of Wick, which was a component of the Tain Burghs constituency. In 1832, Wick retained its status as a parliamentary burgh and became a component of the Wick Burghs constituency.

By 1892, Caithness had become a local government county and, throughout Scotland, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, county boundaries had been redefined for all purposes except parliamentary representation. 26 years were to elapse before constituency boundaries were redrawn, by the Representation of the People Act 1918, to take account of new local government boundaries.

In 1918, the Caithness and Sutherland county constituency was created. The Caithness and Sutherland constituency was created to cover the county of Caithness and the county of Sutherland. The Wick Burghs constituency was abolished and two of its former components, Wick and Dornoch, were merged into the new Caithness and Sutherland constituency.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1708 to 1832

Election		Member	Party
	1708	none
	1710	Sir James Dunbar, 1st Baronet
	1713	none
	1715	Sir Robert Gordon, 4th Baronet
	1722	none
	1727	Sir Patrick Dunbar, 3rd Baronet
	1734	none
	1741	Alexander Brodie
	1747	none
	1754	John Scott
	1761	none
	1768	Viscount Fortrose
	1774	none
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1780	John Sinclair	Whig
	1784	none
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1790	Sir John Sinclair, Bt	Whig
	1796	none
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1802	Sir John Sinclair, Bt	Whig
	1806	none
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1807	Sir John Sinclair, Bt	Whig
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1811	George Sinclair	Whig
	1812	none
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1818	George Sinclair	Whig
	1820	none
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1826	James Sinclair	Non Partisan
	1830	none
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1831	George Sinclair	Whig

MPs 1832 to 1918

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1832	George Sinclair	Whig
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1837		Conservative
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1841	George Traill	Whig
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1859		Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1869	Sir John Sinclair, Bt	Independent Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1874		Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1885	Gavin Brown Clark	Independent Liberal/Crofters
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1886		Liberal/Crofters
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1900	Leicester Harmsworth	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1840s

As the alternating pair Шаблон:Constlk returned the MP for the 1830 general election. The 1831 result is compared to the 1830 result at Buteshire.

Elections in the 1860s

Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box registered electors Шаблон:Election box hold with party link Шаблон:Election box end Traill resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

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Clark

Elections in the 1910s

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Harmsworth

Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box hold with party link no swing Шаблон:Election box end 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: Leicester Harmsworth
• Unionist:

Sources

• Шаблон:Rayment-hc
• Шаблон:Rayment-hc