Falkirk Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Falkirk Burghs Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Falkirk Burghs was a 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.
[edit] Member of Parliament
- 1832 William Downe Gillon
- 1841 William Baird
- 1846 Henry Pelham Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, later Duke of Newcastle
- 1851 James Baird
- 1857 James Merry
- 1857 John Glencairn Carter Hamilton, later Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
- 1859 James Merry
- 1874 John Ramsay
- 1886 William Pirrie Sinclair
- 1892 Harry Smith
- 1895 John Wilson
- 1906 John Archibald Murray Macdonald Liberal
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1906: Falkirk Burghs | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John Archibald Murray Macdonald | 5,158 | |||
| Conservative | H.S. Keith | 3,176 | |||
| Labour | D. Gilmour | 1,763 | |||
