Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1918
Caithness was a
from 1801 to 1918.
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the
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.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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
, to take account of new local government boundaries.
In 1918, 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
MPs 1832 to 1918
Elections
Elections in the 1840s
As the alternating pair Buteshire returned the MP for the 1830 general election . The 1831 result is compared to the 1830 result at Buteshire.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Traill resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Clark
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Harmsworth
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;
References
^ "Caithness" . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Caithness" . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Caithness" . History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Caithness" . History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Caithness" . History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ a b c d e f g h Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 198. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via Google Books .
^ a b "Latest State of Polls" . Leeds Intelligencer . 12 August 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 11 September 2018 .
^ a b "The County Elections" . Newcastle Journal . 12 August 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ Rigg, James McMullen (1892). "Laing, Samuel" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "Caithness" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 8 May 2020 .
^ .
^ "The County Election" . John o'Groat Journal . 23 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
^ "Caithness-shire" . Liverpool Mercury . 25 August 1869. p. 6. Retrieved 31 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Caithness" . Inverness Courier . 26 August 1869. p. 5. Retrieved 31 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "The New Parliament" . Wrexham Advertiser . 14 February 1874. p. 8. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Nominations Yesterday" . London Daily News . 3 April 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 24 November 2017 .
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
^ .
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
Sources
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Airdrie & Shotts
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Banff & Buchan
Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Central Ayrshire
Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Dundee East
Dundee West
Dunfermline & West Fife
East Dunbartonshire
East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh East
Edinburgh North & Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh West
Falkirk
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glenrothes
Gordon
Inverclyde
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
Lanark & Hamilton East
Linlithgow & East Falkirk
Livingston
Midlothian
Moray
Motherwell & Wishaw
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
North Ayrshire & Arran
North East Fife
Ochil & South Perthshire
Orkney & Shetland
Paisley & Renfrewshire North
Paisley & Renfrewshire South
Perth & North Perthshire
Ross, Skye & Lochaber
Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Stirling
West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine
West Dunbartonshire