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Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Subdivisions of Scotland
  
Clackmannanshire, Kinross-shire

Created from
  
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire

Replaced by
  
Clackmannanshire, Kinross-shire, Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, Kinross and Western Perthshire

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.

From 1708 to 1832 Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire had been paired as alternating constituencies: one of the constituencies elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament, the other to the next.

From 1832, the two were joined by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 in a single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire. The constituency also included the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart in Perthshire, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of Alva.

From 1918, Clackmannanshire was represented as part of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, and Kinross-shire as part of Kinross and Western Perthshire.

Election results

At the General Election 1868 William Patrick Adam was returned unopposed. The seat was vacated following his acceptance of office as a Lord of the Treasury and he was returned unopposed on 6 January 1869

The Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire by-election, 1880 was held due to Adam's appointment as Governor of Madras. John Balfour was returned unopposed. Balfour was again returned unopposed at the 1885 General Election. He accepted office as Lord Advocate, and was yet again returned unopposed at the Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire by-election, 1886.

John Balfour was returned unopposed at the Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire by-election, 1892, having accepted office as Lord Advocate.

At the December 1910 general election Eugene Wason was returned unopposed.

References

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia


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