Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

Galloway
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Created from	Dumfries Burghs, Kirkcudbright Stewartry and Wigtownshire

Galloway was a county constituency in the Galloway area of Scotland. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.

It was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Galloway and Upper Nithsdale constituency.

General Election 1939/40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

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