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

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1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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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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