Joseph Dobbie
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Joseph Dobbie was Liberal MP for Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
from 1904 to 1906.
He won this seat from the Unionists at a by-election in 1904, following the death of the previous MP, Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
. However he narrowly lost the seat at the 1906 general election.
Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Ayr Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950...
from 1904 to 1906.
He won this seat from the Unionists at a by-election in 1904, following the death of the previous MP, Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing was a Scottish Tory politician.The youngest son of Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing and Elizabeth Lindsay Reid, he was educated at Harrow School. After travel in the East, he was commissioned as a Captain in the 3rd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders...
. However he narrowly lost the seat at the 1906 general election.