What is "elgin"

Elgin may refer to:

• Elgin, Moray, a former royal burgh and parliamentary burgh in Moray, Scotland, and from which all subsequent uses ultimately derive

Elgin (also known as Elgin—Norfolk) was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Elgin West and Norfolk—Elgin ridings.

It initially consisted of the county of Elgin, including the city of St. Thomas. In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the County of Elgin and the Village of Belmont in the County of Middlesex. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the County of Elgin and the Township of Norfolk in the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.

The name of electoral district was changed in 1990 to Elgin—Norfolk.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London and Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant ridings.

Elgin is the seventh album by American R&B singer and songwriter Ginuwine, released on February 15, 2011 by Notifi Music Group & E1 Music. The production was by Bryan-Michael Cox, Tapping Warren and Kendrick Dean, and the possibility of Timbaland and Swizz Beatz to work on the album. The guest was the songwriter and rapper Katrina "Trina" Taylor on the track "Batteries". The album debuted at #30 on the Billboard 200 with 19,100 copies sold in the first week.

The Elgin automobile was manufactured by Elgin Motor Car Corporation in Argo, Illinois from 1916 to 1923, and by Elgin Motors, Inc. in Indianapolis from 1923 to 1924.

Elgin Motor Car Corporation was formed in 1916 by several executives from the Elgin Watch Company. The company was based on the former New Era Motor Car Company of Joliet. Upon being taken over, the erstwhile company was moved in its entirety to Elgin, where the new company had a 210,000 square foot factory waiting on 13 acres. This would allow room for future expansion.

The Elgin achieved success in the Midwest endurance races in which it was entered. Advertising slogans included "The Car of the Hour" and "Built Like A Watch", alluding to the roots of the founders.

Dividends of 10% paid in stock in July 1916 and cash dividends of 5% in July 1920 proved so popular with stockholders that stockholder meetings had to be held in a tent. Sales of over $7 million in 1920 made that year the company's best ever. The recession of the early 1920s damaged the company, as it did so many other U.S. auto firms of the time. The company issued $500,000 in bonds to pay off loans and for working capital. Elgin Motors, Inc. was formed by stockholders in June 1923. J.H. McDuffee, formerly of Willys-Overland and Cole, was chosen as president and general manager. It was at this time that the firm was relocated to Indianapolis. The company moved into the former home of Federal Motor Works. By June of the next year, the company was already bankrupt, ending the marque as a whole.

Elgin is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Duane Elgin, American author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist
• Michail Elgin (born 1981), Russian tennis player
• Michael Elgin, professional wrestler
• Mike Elgin (born 1983), offensive guard for the New England Patriots
• Suzette Haden Elgin (born 1936), science fiction author and linguist

Given name:

• Elgin Baylor (born 1934), former professional basketball player
• Elgin James, filmmaker, musician, and former member of Friends Stand United

Elgin is a historic house in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.

Elgin was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was created for the 1934 election. It was abolished prior to the 1999 election. It was merged into the riding of Elgin-Middlesex.

ELGIN is a technology company whose products include roadworks.org, a roadworks and transport information portal which is the largest roadworks and traffic disruptions information service in the UK. Uniquely integrating information from hundreds of local highways authorities as well as national Agencies, its services are available on an open and free to view website at , and on mobile devices and SatNav navigation systems. ELGIN has also developed innovative tools and services to help professional traffic managers publish real-time road closures and diversions. Though funded privately it has developed a unique public- private sector governance and is one of the leading proponents of opening up public data to citizens and industry.

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Elgin was a burgh constituency that elected one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

After the Acts of Union 1707, Elgin, Banff, Cullen, Inverurie and Kintore formed the Elgin district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

Elgin is a historic plantation house located near Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal style temple-form frame dwelling. It has a gable roof, pedimented front porch, and flanking porches. At the rear is an earlier 1 1/2-story frame dwelling with a gable roof. The front facade features a Palladian entrance with sidelights and Tuscan colonnettes. The house is similar in style to Dalkeith.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.