Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
	Former University constituency
	for the House of Commons
1868–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Combined Scottish Universities

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Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, in Scotland, was a university constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It was merged with the Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[1] ^[2]	Party
	1868	James Moncreiff	Liberal
	1869 by-election	Edward Strathearn Gordon	Conservative
	1876 by-election	William Watson	Conservative
	1880	James Alexander Campbell	Conservative
	1906	Sir Henry Craik	Unionist
1918		constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities

General Election Dec 1910: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Henry Craik	unopposed

General Election Jan 1910: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Henry Craik	4,879
	Unionist and Free Trader	Sir Frederick Pollock LLD	3,411

General Election 1906: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Henry Craik	3,543
	Liberal	Prof. Alexander Falconer Murison	2,450
	Independent Conservative	Prof. W.R. Smith	1,240

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)^{[self-published source?]}^{[better source needed]}
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 616. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1916
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1916
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901

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Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
Former University constituency
for the House of Commons
1868 (1868)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Combined Scottish Universities