The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Dumfries, Annan, Kirkcudbright Burgh, Lochmaben and Sanquhar.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1918 general election.[1][2][3][4][5] Dumfries, Annan, Lochmaben and Sanquar were then merged into the county constituency of Dumfriesshire. Kirkcudbright was merged into Galloway.
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;
Unionist: Sir Archibald Mclnnes Shaw|Archibald Mclnnes Shaw[31]
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^"Dumfries Burghs". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^"Dumfries Burghs". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ abcdefghSmith, Henry Stooks (1841). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 199. Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via Google Books.
^ abcEscott, Margaret. "Dumfries Burghs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 204. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via Google Books.
^Farrell, S. M. (9 January 2014) [2004]. "Ewart, William (1798–1869)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9011.
^"Dumfries Burghs". Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser. 10 July 1841. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ abCook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1980). British Historical Facts 1760-1830. Basingstoke: Palgrave. p. 58. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-06465-3. ISBN 978-1-137-06465-3. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Google Books.
^ abcdefghijklCraig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.