Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Sutherland County constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Sutherland 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 represented essentially the traditional county of Sutherland, electing one Member of Parliament (MP). At the same time, however, the county town of Dornoch was represented as a component of the Northern Burghs constituency.
In 1918 the Sutherland constituency and Dornoch were merged into the then new constituency of Caithness and Sutherland. In 1997 Caithness and Sutherland was merged into Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.
[edit] Members of Parliament
1708 Sir William Gordon
1713 William Morison
1714 Sir William Gordon
1727 William Sutherland, Baron Strathnaver, later Earl of Sutherland
1734 Sir James Fergusson
1736 James St Clair
1747 George Mackay
1761 Alexander Mackay
1768 James Wemyss
1784 William Wemyss
1787 James Grant
1802 William Dundas
1808 John Randoll Mackenzie
1809 George Macpherson-Grant
1812 James Macdonald
1816 George Macpherson-Grant
1826 Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, later Earl of Ellesmere
1831 Sir Hugh Innes
1831 Roderick Macleod
1837 William Howard
1840 Sir David Dundas
1852 George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford, later Duke of Sutherland
1861 Sir David Dundas
1867 Lord Ronald Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Liberal
1874 Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford, later Duke of Sutherland, Liberal
1886 Angus Sutherland
1894 John MacLeod
1900 Frederick Neville Sutherland Leveson-Gower Conservative
1906 Alpheus Cleophas Morton Liberal
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1906: Sutherland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Alpheus Cleophas Morton | 1,383 | |||
| Conservative | Frederick Neville Sutherland Leveson-Gower | 933 | |||
