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Kincardineshire (uk Parliament Constituency)




  Type County
  Year 1708
  Abolition 1918
  Members one


Kincardineshire, was a Constituency of the House Of Commons of the Parliament Of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member Of Parliament .

The first election to a Parliament of Great Britain was in 1708. In 1707-08 members of the 1702-1707 Parliament Of Scotland were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. See Scottish Representatives To The 1st Parliament Of Great Britain , for further details.

The constituency represented the County Of Kincardineshre .

In 1918 the area was combined with part of Western Aberdeenshire to form the Kincardine And Western Aberdeenshire constituency.


BOUNDARIES

Kincardineshire was a Scottish shire (later known as a county), which had previously been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament Of Scotland . The constituency included the whole shire, except for the Royal Burgh of Inverbervie which formed part of the Aberdeen Burghs constituency.


MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT




ELECTIONS


  party Liberal Party (UK)
  candidate John William Crombie
  votes 3,877


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate SJ Gammell
  votes 1,524



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