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1869 Dumfriesshire by-election

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The Dumfriesshire by-election of 1869 was fought on 31 March 1869. The by-election was fought due to the disqualification of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Sydney Waterlow, as he was deemed to be a government contractor. It was won by the Conservative candidate George Gustavus Walker.[1]

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