1870 Roxburghshire by-election

The 1870 Roxburghshire by-election was fought on 2 March 1870. The by-election was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Sir William Scott. It was won by the unopposed^[1] Liberal candidate Marquess of Bowmont.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Craig, F. W. S. (1977). British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 603.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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1890s	February 1890: Partick March 1890: Ayr Burghs November 1890: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities June 1891: Paisley October 1891: Buteshire March 1892: Kirkcaldy Burghs August 1892: Aberdeen South Glasgow Bridgeton ]Midlothian Forfarshire Elgin Burghs Stirling Burghs Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire East Fife September 1892: Dundee December 1892: East Aberdeenshire March 1893: Banffshire June 1893: Linlithgowshire March 1894: Leith Burghs Hawick Burghs Berwickshire April 1894: Mid Lanarkshire May 1894: Dumfries Burghs November 1894: Forfarshire May 1895: Edinburgh West June 1895: Inverness-shire August 1895: Inverness Burghs February 1896: Montrose Burghs May 1896: Aberdeen North Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities June 1896: Wick Burghs January 1897: Forfarshire February 1897: Glasgow Bridgeton February 1899: North West Lanarkshire June 1899: Edinburgh South Edinburgh East December 1899: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities
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