Galloway (UK Parliament constituency) (original) (raw)
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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983
| Galloway | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituencyfor the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire |
| Replaced by | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale |
Galloway was a county constituency in the Galloway area of Scotland. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.
It was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency.
Members of Parliament
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| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Gilbert McMicking | |
| 1922 | Cecil Dudgeon | |
| 1924 | Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan, Bt. | |
| 1925 by-election | Sidney Streatfeild | |
| 1929 | Cecil Dudgeon | |
| 1931 | New Party | |
| 1931 | John Mackie | |
| 1959 by-election | John Brewis | |
| Oct 1974 | George Thompson | |
| 1979 | Ian Lang | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished |
Galloway constituencies election results
Elections in the 1910s
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G. McMicking
Elections in the 1920s
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Elections in the 1930s
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Elections in the 1940s
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General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: John Mackie
Elections in the 1950s
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Elections in the 1960s
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Elections in the 1970s
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- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)