Leith Burghs (UK Parliament Constituency) - Members of Parliament

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1832 John Archibald Murray Liberal
1839 by-election Andrew Rutherfurd Liberal
1851 by-election James Moncreiff, later Baron Moncreiff Liberal
1859 Sir William Miller, 1st Baronet Liberal
1868 Robert Andrew Macfie Liberal
1874 Donald Robert Macgregor Liberal
1878 by-election Andrew Grant Liberal
1885 William Jacks Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1886 William Ewart Gladstone Liberal
1886 by-election Ronald Munro Ferguson, later Viscount Novar Liberal
1914 by-election George Welsh Currie Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

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