Argyllshire was a
county constituency
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of the
House of Commons
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of the
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from 1708 to 1800 and of the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1801 until 1983. The constituency was named Argyll from 1950. The constituency was replaced in 1983 with
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute (; , ) is one of 32 unitary authority, unitary council areas of Scotland, council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod ...
.
It elected one
Member of Parliament (MP) using the
first-past-the-post
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voting system.
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the
Acts of Union 1707
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and replaced the former
Parliament of Scotland
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shire constituency of
Argyllshire
Argyll (; archaically Argyle; , ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. The county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975 and most of the area now forms part of ...
.
Local government areas
Until Scottish
counties
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were abolished, for most purposes, in 1975, the constituency represented the
county of Argyll
Argyll (; archaically Argyle; , ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. The county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975 and most of the area now forms part of ...
, except that constituency boundaries may not have coincided at all times with
county
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boundaries, and any
parliamentary burgh
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within the county would have been outside the constituency.
In 1975 most of the county plus the
Isle of Bute
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Formerly a constituent island of the larger County of ...
became the Argyll
district
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of the
Strathclyde
Strathclyde ( in Welsh language, Welsh; in Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic, meaning 'strath alley
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of the River Clyde') was one of nine former Local government in Scotland, local government Regions and districts of Scotland, regions of Scotland cre ...
region
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. A northern area of the county became part of the
Highland
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region. Until 1975 the
Isle of Bute
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Formerly a constituent island of the larger County of ...
had been part of the
county of Bute
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.
In 1996, 13 years after the abolition of the Argyll constituency and creation of the Argyll and Bute constituency, the Argyll district, plus a portion of the
Dumbarton
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district of Strathclyde, became the
Argyll and Bute unitary council area.
Members of Parliament
Argyllshire
Argyll
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Campbell resigned by accepting the office of
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
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, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
McNeill resigned after being appointed a Senator of the
College of Justice
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, becoming Lord Colonsay and causing a by-election.
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Elections in the 1860s
Finlay resigned, causing a by-election.
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Elections in the 1870s
Campbell resigned after being appointed
Governor General of Canada
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.
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Elections in the 1900s
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Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
*Liberal:
*Unionist:
George Hutchison[Edinburgh Evening News 19 Sep 1914]
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Elections in the 1920s
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Elections in the 1930s
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Elections in the 1940s
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Elections in the 1960s
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Elections in the 1970s
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See also
*
1920 Argyll by-election
References
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Argyllshire
Politics of Argyll and Bute
Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
Highland constituencies, UK Parliament (historic)