Hawick Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It consisted of the Roxburghshire burgh of Hawick and the Selkirkshire burghs of Galashiels and Selkirk.
Hawick Burghs | |
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Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire |
Major settlements | Hawick, Galashiels, and Selkirk |
1868–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Roxburghshire Selkirkshire |
Replaced by | Roxburgh and Selkirk |
Election | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
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1868 | George Trevelyan | Liberal | ||
1886 | Liberal Unionist | |||
1886 | Alexander Laing Brown | Liberal | ||
1892 | Thomas Shaw | Liberal | later Baron Craigmyle | |
1909 by-election | Sir John Barran | Liberal | ||
1918 | constituency abolished |
George Otto Trevelyan was returned without opposition at the 1868 general election and again after acceptance of office at a by-election on 14 January 1869.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Trevelyan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,335 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Trevelyan was appointed Civil Lord of the Admiralty.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Trevelyan | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Trevelyan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,729 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Trevelyan | 3,518 | 86.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Thomas Spencer Elliot[4][5] | 553 | 13.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,965 | 72.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,071 | 82.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,920 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Trevelyan was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Trevelyan | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Trevelyan | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Trevelyan was appointed Secretary for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Trevelyan | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Laing Brown | 2,523 | 50.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | George Trevelyan | 2,493 | 49.7 | New | |
Majority | 30 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,016 | 88.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,679 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 3,004 | 53.2 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | Robert Fraser Watson | 2,639 | 46.8 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 365 | 6.4 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,643 | 89.7 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,291 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Shaw was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 3,203 | 55.6 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | Ralph Wardlaw McLeod Fullarton | 2,556 | 44.4 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 647 | 11.2 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,759 | 91.4 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,302 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 3,033 | 54.5 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Sanderson | 2,531 | 45.5 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 502 | 9.0 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,564 | 87.5 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,357 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 2,611 | 52.3 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Sanderson | 2,386 | 47.7 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 225 | 4.6 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,997 | 85.1 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,869 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 3,125 | 56.1 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Conan Doyle | 2,444 | 43.9 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 681 | 12.2 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,569 | 92.0 | +6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,053 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Barran | 3,028 | 54.7 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | Halford Mackinder | 2,508 | 45.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 520 | 9.4 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,536 | 92.8 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,968 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Barran | 3,261 | 59.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | James Graham (Scottish politician) | 2,268 | 41.0 | -4.3 | |
Majority | 993 | 18.0 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,529 | 91.7 | -1.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Barran | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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;