Hawick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Hawick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Hawick Burghs
Type = Burgh
Year = 1868
Abolition = 1918
members = One

Hawick Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It consised of the Roxburghshire burgh of Hawick and the Selkirkshire burghs of Galashiels and Selkirk.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon Thomas Shaw KC
votes = 3,125
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
votes = 2,444
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Alexander Laing Brown
votes = 2,523
percentage =
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Rt Hon Sir George Otto Trevelyan Bt
votes = 2,493
percentage =
change =

George Otto Trevelyan was returned without opposition at the 1885 general election and again after acceptance of office as Secretary for Scotland, at a by-election on 10 February 1886.

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