Background Information
Constituency business
County
Date Candidate Votes
10 Dec. 1832 F. JEFFREY (Lib)
4,035
J. ABERCROMBY (Lib)
3,850
F.H. Blair (Con)
1,519
1 July 1834 SIR J. CAMPBELL (Lib) Resignation of F. Jeffrey on appt as Senator of College of Justice: Lord Jeffrey
1,932
J. Learmouth (Con)
1,401
J. Aytoun (Lib)
480
1 Aug. 1834 J. ABERCROMBY (Lib) Appt. of Abercromby as Master of the Mint
6 Jan. 1835 J. ABERCROMBY (Lib)
2,963
SIR J. CAMPBELL (Lib)
2,858
Lord Ramsay (Con)
1,716
J. Learmouth (Con)
1,608
1 July 1835 SIR J. CAMPBELL (Lib) Appt. of Sir J. Campbell as Attorney-General
24 July 1837 J. ABERCROMBY (Lib)
SIR J. CAMPBELL (Lib)
1 July 1839 T.B. MACAULAY (Lib) Elevation of J. Abercromby to Peerage: Lord Dunfermline
1 July 1840 T.B. MACAULAY (Lib) Appt. of T.B. Macaulay as Secretary at War
29 June 1841 W.G. CRAIG (Lib)
T.B. MACAULAY (Lib)
1 July 1846 W.G. CRAIG (Lib) Appt. of W.G. Craig as a Lord Commissioner of Treasury
1 Aug. 1846 T.B. MACAULAY (Lib) Appt. of Macaulay as Paymaster-General
1,735
Sir C.E. Smith (Eardley), Bt. (Lib)
832
29 July 1847 C. COWAN (Lib)
2,063
W.G. CRAIG (Lib)
1,854
T.B. Macaulay (Lib)
1,477
P. Blackburn (Con)
980
1 Sept. 1847 C. COWAN (Lib) Disqualification of Cowan, who at the time of election held government contract
7 July 1852 T.B. MACAULAY (Lib)
1,872
C. COWAN (Lib)
1,754
D. McLaren (Lib)
1,559
Hon. T.C. Bruce (Con)
1,065
A. Campbell (Lib)
625
1 July 1856 A. BLACK (Lib) Resignation of T.B. Macaulay
2,429
F.B. Douglas (Lib)
1,786
27 Mar. 1857 A. BLACK (Lib)
C. COWAN (Lib)
28 Apr. 1859 A. BLACK (Lib)
J. MONCREIFF (Lib)
1 July 1859 J. MONCREIFF (Lib) Appt. of J. Moncreiff as Lord Advocate
11 July 1865 D. MCLAREN (Lib)
4,354
J. MONCREIFF (Lib)
4,148
A. Black (Lib)
3,797
J. Miller (Lib)
3,723