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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1974
Kirkcaldy Burghs was a
burgh constituency of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom (
Westminster ) from 1832 to 1974. It elected one
Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first-past-the-post voting system. From 1832 to 1950 it was, officially, a
district of burghs constituency .
Boundaries
1885–1918
Comprising
Kirkcaldy ,
Burntisland ,
Dysart ,
Kinghorn and the Municipal Burgh of Kirkcaldy not included in the old Parliamentary Burgh (except that portion within the Parliamentary Borough of Dysart).
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1918–1949
The burghs of
Kirkcaldy ,
Buckhaven, Methil and Innerleven ,
Burntisland ,
Dysart and
Kinghorn .
Members of Parliament
Election results 1832–1885
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Ferguson's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Ferguson resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Reid's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Election results 1885–1918
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Dalziel
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Election results 1918–1949
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Kennedy
Hutchison
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Election results 1950–1973
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
^ Escott, Margaret.
"Dysart Burghs" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 7 May 2020 .
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1886
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g Smith, Henry Stooks (1842).
The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 205.
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b Urban, Sylvanus (1841).
The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume XV . London: William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols and Son. pp. 315–316.
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"Election Movements" . Gloucestershire Chronicle . 30 January 1841. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Leeds Intelligencer" . 30 January 1841. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press.
ISBN
978-1-349-02349-3 .
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"To The Constituency of the Kirkcaldy District of Burghs" . Fife Herald . 21 April 1859. p. 1. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870
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"The General Election" . Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales . 4 February 1874. p. 8. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"Mr W. Jarvis Harker" .
Edinburgh Evening News . 31 July 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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"At Kirkcaldy" .
Fife Herald . 1 April 1880. p. 8. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889
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g Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918 . London: Macmillan Press.
ISBN
9781349022984 .
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
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^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
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b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
^ The Times, 7 March 1921
^ The Times, 8 December 1923
^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac, 1927
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
^ Herald 18Feb1944
^ '"See by-election",
Ottawa Citizen , 16 February 1944
^ Kimber, Richard.
"UK General Election results July 1945" . Political Science Resources . Archived from
the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016 .
^ Kimber, Richard.
"UK General Election results 1950" . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 11 April 2016 .
^ Kimber, Richard.
"UK General Election results 1951" . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 11 April 2016 .
^ Kimber, Richard.
"UK General Election results 1955" . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 11 April 2016 .
^ Kimber, Richard.
"UK General Election results 1959" . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 11 April 2016 .
^ Kimber, Richard.
"UK General Election results 1964" . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 11 April 2016 .
^ Kimber, Richard.
"UK General Election results 1966" . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 11 April 2016 .
^ Kimber, Richard.
"UK General Election results 1970" . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 11 April 2016 .
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