Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Linlithgowshire was a Scottish county constituency of Great Britain and after 1801 the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1950.

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until 1950.

Hope resigned after being appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, causing a by-election.

Dundas resigned upon his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, causing a by-election.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;