Kirkcudbright Stewartry, later known as Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire, was a constituency

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 of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain

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 from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament

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 (MP).

The first election in the stewartry was in 1708. In 1707-08, members of the 1702-1707 Parliament of Scotland

Parliament of Scotland

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 were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain

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. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain

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, for further details.

In 1918 the area was combined with Wigtownshire

Wigtownshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Wigtownshire, 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....

 to form the Galloway

Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

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 constituency.

Boundaries

The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was a Scottish

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 stewartry

Stewartry

Stewartry 1975-dateStewartry is a committee area in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.It was formerly one of four local government districts in the Dumfries and Galloway Region of Scotland....

 (later considered to be a county and sometimes called Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbrightshire

The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire was a county of south-western Scotland. It was also known as East Galloway, forming the larger Galloway region with Wigtownshire....

), which had been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland

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. The constituency included the whole stewartry, except for the Royal burgh

Royal burgh

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s of Kirkcudbright

Kirkcudbright

Kirkcudbright, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.The town lies south of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known as the Stewartry, at the mouth of the River Dee, some six miles from the sea...

 (which formed part of the Dumfries Burghs

Dumfries Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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 constituency) and New Galloway

New Galloway

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 (which between 1708-1885 was included in the Wigtown Burghs district).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	25 June 1708	John Stewart
	17 February 1715	Alexander Murray
	14 September 1727	Patrick Heron
	22 May 1741	Basil Hamilton
	31 December 1742	John Maxwell
	30 July 1747	John Ross Mackye
	19 April 1768	James Murray
	2 November 1774	William Stewart William Stewart (1737-1797) William Stewart , of Castle Stewart, was a Scottish MP in the British Parliament. He was a member of a junior branch of the family of the Earl of Galloway, being the first son of John Stewart of Castle Stewart....
	9 October 1780	Peter Johnston Peter Johnston Peter D. Johnston is an international negotiation expert whose results have been formally recognized by the US Government for their positive economic and social impact....
	6 April 1781	John Gordon
	6 February 1782	Peter Johnston Peter Johnston Peter D. Johnston is an international negotiation expert whose results have been formally recognized by the US Government for their positive economic and social impact....
	16 August 1786	Alexander Stewart
	23 March 1795	Patrick Heron Patrick Heron (M.P.) Patrick Heron of Kirroughtree was a Scottish banker and politician. From 1794 to 1803 he was a Whig member of Parliament for Kirkcudbright Stewartry....  (Whig)	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
	10 May 1803	Montgomery Granville John Stewart	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	2 November 1812	James Dunlop
	21 June 1826	Robert Cutlar Fergusson Robert Cutlar Fergusson Robert Cutlar Fergusson was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was 17th Laird of the Dumfriesshire Fergussons, seated at Craigdarroch ....
	31 December 1838	Alexander Murray
	20 August 1845	Thomas Maitland Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan was a Scottish lawyer and judge. He was Solicitor General for Scotland between 1840 and 1841 and again between 1846 and 1850. He was also Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbrightshire between 1845 and 1850...  (Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... )	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
	20 February 1850	John Mackie
	3 April 1857	James Mackie
	30 January 1868	Wellwood Herries Maxwell Wellwood Herries Maxwell Wellwood Herries Maxwell was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874....
	10 February 1874	John Maitland
	9 April 1880	John Maxwell Heron-Maxwell
	1 December 1885	Sir Mark John McTaggart-Stewart	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	18 January 1906	Gilbert McMicking Gilbert McMicking (MP) Major Gilbert McMicking was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He served with the Honourable Artillery Company and was appointed a CMG in 1901....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	19 January 1910	Sir Mark John McTaggart-Stewart	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	December 1910	Gilbert McMicking Gilbert McMicking (MP) Major Gilbert McMicking was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He served with the Honourable Artillery Company and was appointed a CMG in 1901....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...		constituency abolished

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