1873 Orkney and Shetland by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1873 Orkney and Shetland by-election was fought on 6–7 January 1873. The by-election was fought due to the Death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Frederick Dundas. It was won by the Liberal candidate, former Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Railway Administrator Samuel Laing.^[1]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

By-elections in Scotland to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom 1868–1899 » 1900–1949 »

1860s

January 1868: Kirkcudbrightshire
January 1869: Renfrewshire
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Wigtown Burghs
Hawick Burghs
March 1869: Dumfriesshire
August 1869: Caithness
November 1869: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities

1870s

March 1870: Roxburghshire
February 1872: Wick Burghs
June 1872: Aberdeen
December;1872: Kincardineshire
Forfarshire
January 1873: Orkney and Shetland
February 1873: Wigtownshire
June 1873: Berwickshire
August 1873: Dundee
September 1873: Renfrewshire
December 1873: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities
March 1874: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
Inverness-shire
Falkirk Burghs
April 1985: Kirkcaldy Burghs
December 1875: East Aberdeenshire
May 1876: West Aberdeenshire
November 1876: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
January 1878: Greenock
Leith Burghs
Perth
February 1878: Perthshire
August 1878: Haddington Burghs
Argyllshire
February 1879: Haddington Burghs
July 1879: Glasgow
September 1879: Elginshire and Nairnshire

1880s

May 1880: Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
Wigtown Burghs
July 1880: Bute
Wigtown Burghs
November 1880: Renfrewshire
December 1880: Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
January 1881: Edinburgh
July 1881: Elgin Burghs
August 1881: Elgin Burghs
May 1882: Hawick Burghs
August 1882: Haddington Burghs
November 1882: Edinburgh
February 1883: Haddingtonshire
August 1884: Ross and Cromarty
October 1884: Stirling Burghs
November 1884: Greenock
March 1885: Glasgow
July 1885: Bute
January 1886: Edinburgh South
February 1886: Edinburgh South
Stirling Burghs
Midlothian
Hawick Burghs
Elgin Burghs
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire
August 1886: Buteshire
Wigtownshire
Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities
Leith Burghs
August 1887: Glasgow Bridgeton
February 1888: Dundee
Edinburgh West
April 1888: Mid Lanarkshire
June 1888: Ayr Burghs
November 1888: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities
January 1889: Govan
February 1889: East Perthshire
July 1889: West Fife
September 1889: Dundee
October 1889: Elginshire and Nairnshire

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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