Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1708 and encompassed the county of Haddingtonshire, with the exception, until 1885, of 3 towns (Haddington, Dunbar and North Berwick) which formed part of the separate constituency of Haddington Burghs. In 1918 it was amalgamated with neighbouring Berwickshire to form a new Berwick and Haddington constituency. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
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