Abolished 2011 Province New Brunswick Lieutenancy area Dumfries and Galloway | Founded 1999 Council area Dumfries and Galloway | |
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Created Scottish Parliament election, 1999 Replaced by Dumfriesshire, Galloway and West Dumfries | ||
Dumfries was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the South of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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Map of Dumfries, NB, Canada
From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the Dumfries constituency was abolished, with the city being divided between two new constituencies; Dumfriesshire, and Galloway and West Dumfries.
Electoral region
See also South of Scotland Scottish Parliament regionConstituency boundaries and council area
The Dumfries constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.