Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament Constituency)
Inverness Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).
There was also, 1708 to 1918, the Inverness-shire constituency, which was, as its name implies, a county constituency.
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