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| Cupar Burghs | |
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| Former Constituency for the Protectorate Parliament | |
| Region | Scotland |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1654 |
| Abolished | 1659 |
| Created from | Scotland |
| Replaced by | St Andrews, Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Cupar, Anstruther Easter, Pittenweem, Crail, Kinghorn, Anstruther Wester, Pittenweem, Inverkeithing, Kilrenny, Burntisland |
During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland , called the Protectorate, the Scottish burghs of St Andrews, Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Cupar, Anstruther Easter, Pittenweem. Crail, Dunfermline, Kinghorn, Anstruther Wester, Inverkeithing, Kilrenny and Burntisland were jointly represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons at Westminster from 1654 until 1659. Elections were held at Cupar.
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