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)