Английская Википедия:Falkirk Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox UK constituency main Falkirk Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. The constituency comprised the burghs of Falkirk, Airdrie, Hamilton, Lanark and Linlithgow, lying in Stirlingshire, Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire.

In 1918, Falkirk became part of Stirling and Falkirk Burghs, Hamilton and Lanark formed the core of new Hamilton and Lanark constituencies, and Linlithgow was represented as part of Linlithgowshire.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1832	William Downe Gillon	Radical
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1841	William Baird	Conservative
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1846 by-election	Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, later Duke of Newcastle	Conservative
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1851 by-election	James Baird	Conservative
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1857	James Merry	Radical
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1857 by-election	John Hamilton, later Baron Hamilton of Dalzell	Radical
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1859	James Merry	Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1874	John Ramsay	Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1886	William Pirrie Sinclair	Liberal Unionist Party
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1892	Harry Smith	Liberal
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1895	John Wilson	Liberal Unionist Party
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	1906	John Macdonald	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1840s

Baird resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Pelham-Clinton succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Duke of Newcastle and causing a by-election.

Merry's election was declared void on petition due to bribery by "injudicious partisans", causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

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Horsman

Elections in the 1870s

Ramsay was disqualified from office, due to his holding of a Government contract at the time of the election. He stood again unopposed at a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

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Weir

The Hamilton Liberal Association nominated Roskill in protest against Ramsay. However, arbitration later led to their support for Ramsay and Roskill's withdrawal from the race. Weir did not agree to take part in the arbitration.

Elections in the 1900s

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Macdonald

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Gilmour

Elections in the 1910s

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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 Macdonald
• Unionist: Sir James Robertson Wilson, 2nd Baronet
• British Socialist Party: