Wick Burghs, sometimes known as Northern Burghs, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. A similar constituency had been known as Tain Burghs from 1708 to 1832. Boundaries The constituency was a district of burghs representing the parliamentary burghs of Cromarty, Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall, Tain and Wick. Apart from Cromarty, these burghs had been previously components of Tain Burghs. In 1918 Dornoch and Wick were merged into Caithness and Sutherland, Kirkwall into Orkney and Shetland and Cromarty, Dingwall and Tain into Ross and Cromarty. The first election in Wick Burghs was in 1832. The franchise was extended to wider groups of the population than under the old system of burgh councillors electing a burgh commissioner to participate in the election. From 1832 the votes from each burgh were added together to establish the result. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s Elections in the 1860s Laing resigned after being appointed a member of the Council of India, causing a by-election. Elections in the 1870s Loch resigned, causing a by-election. Elections in the 1880s Cameron was supported by the Highland Land League, and ally of the Crofter MPs. Elections in the 1890s Pender's resignation caused a by-election. Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s See also List of former Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom Notes and references Sources The House of Commons 1754-1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964) British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1997) Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1987) British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974) Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972) Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889 (for 1885 and 1886 results) Whitaker's Almanack, 1907 (for 1906 results) Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 Politics of the county of Caithness Politics of the county of Cromarty Politics of Orkney Politics of the county of