was sometimes known as '''Northern Burghs'''. It was a
Constituency of the
House Of Commons of the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It was represented by one
Member Of Parliament . A similar constituency had been known as
Tain Burghs from 1708 to 1832.
The constituency was a
District Of Burghs representing the
Parliamentary Burghs of
Cromarty ,
Dingwall ,
Dornoch ,
Kirkwall ,
Tain and
Wick . Apart from Cromarty, these burghs had been previously components of Tain Burghs. In 1918 Dornoch and Wick were merged into
Caithness And Sutherland , Kirkwall into
Orkney And Shetland and Cromarty, Dingwall and Tain into
Ross And Cromarty .
The first election in Wick Burghs was in 1832. The franchise was extended to wider groups of the population than under the old system of burgh
Councillor s electing a burgh commissioner to participate in the election. From 1832 the votes from each burgh were added together to establish the result.
''British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1997)
