Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities (UK Parliament constituency)
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Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities 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 Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.
On 29 December Mr Christopher Johnston KC was returned unopposed in place of Lord Finlay.
At the General Election 1900
Sir John Batty Tuke
was elected unopposed.
In April 1900 Sir William Priestley died. At a by-election on 3 May 1900, Sir John Batty Tuke
was returned unopposed.
In May 1896 Sir Charles Pearson was raised to the Bench. At a by-election on 12 May 1896, Sir William Overend Priestley
MD LLD was returned unopposed.
At the General Election 1895
Sir Charles John Pearson
QC was elected unopposed as the Conservative candidate.
At the General Election 1892
Sir Charles John Pearson
QC was elected unopposed as the Conservative candidate.
At the November 1890 by-election Sir Charles John Pearson
QC was elected unopposed as the Conservative candidate.
In October 1888 John Macdonald was appointed Lord Justice Clerk
. At a bye-election on 6 November 1888, Moir Tod Stormont Darling
was elected unopposed as the Conservative candidate.
At the General Election 1886
John Macdonald was returned unopposed. In July 1886 he accepted office and was reelected unopposed on 13 August.
University constituency
A university constituency is a constituency, used in elections to a legislature, that represents a university rather than a geographical area. University constituencies may involve plural voting, in which eligible voters are permitted to vote in both a university constituency and a geographical...
represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
from 1868 until 1918. It was merged with the Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (UK Parliament constituency)
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...
constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.
Electorate
As a University constituency, the constituency had no geographical basis. Instead, its electorate consisted of the graduates of Edinburgh University and St Andrews University.Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom... |
Lyon Playfair Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair GCB, PC, FRS was a Scottish scientist and Liberal politician.-Background and education:... , later Baron Playfair |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
John Hay Athole Macdonald John Hay Athole Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald KCB, PC was a Scottish politician and later a judge.He was called to the Scottish bar in 1859. On 30 July 1875 he was appointed by Queen Victoria to be Sheriff of the Shires of Ross, Cromarty, and Sutherland. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1876... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1888 by-election | Moir Tod Stormonth Darling Moir Tod Stormonth Darling, Lord Stormonth-Darling Moir Tod Stormonth Darling, Lord Stormonth-Darling was a Scottish politician and judge.He was Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities from 1888 to 1890 and served as Solicitor General for Scotland during the same period... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1890 by-election | Sir Charles John Pearson Charles John Pearson Sir Charles John Pearson was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was called to the English and Scottish bars in 1870. He was knighted in 1887. He was Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute from 1888 and Perthshire from 1889. He was Conservative Member of Parliament... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1896 by-election | Sir William Overend Priestley William Overend Priestley Sir William Overend Priestley was a physician and Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities from 1896 to 1900.... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1900 | Sir John Batty Tuke John Batty Tuke Sir John Batty Tuke was one of the most influential psychiatrists in Scotland in the late nineteenth century. Tuke’s career in Edinburgh from 1863 to 1910 spanned a period of significant social and political changes in asylum governance and care in Scotland... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| Jan. 1910 | Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay GCMG, PC, QC,MD was a British lawyer, doctor and politician who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.-Background and education:... , later Viscount Finlay |
Liberal Unionist Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington and Joseph Chamberlain, the party formed a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule... |
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| 1916 by-election | Christopher Nicholson Johnston Christopher Nicholson Johnston Sir Christopher Nicholson Johnston, Lord Sands was Unionist Party MP for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities between two by-elections in 1916 and 1917.... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1917 by-election | Sir William Watson Cheyne Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet Sir William Watson Cheyne, 1st Baronet KCMG CB FRCS FRS was a British surgeon and bacteriologist, who pioneered the use of antiseptical surgical methods in the United Kingdom, as well as abdominal surgery.... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did... |
constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities | ||
Election results
At a meeting of the electors on 10 August 1917, Sir William Watson Cheyne, Professor of Clinical Surgery at King's College, London, was elected in place of Sir Christopher Nicholson Johnston KC, who has been appointed to judicial office.On 29 December Mr Christopher Johnston KC was returned unopposed in place of Lord Finlay.
At the General Election 1900
United Kingdom general election, 1900
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...
Sir John Batty Tuke
John Batty Tuke
Sir John Batty Tuke was one of the most influential psychiatrists in Scotland in the late nineteenth century. Tuke’s career in Edinburgh from 1863 to 1910 spanned a period of significant social and political changes in asylum governance and care in Scotland...
was elected unopposed.
In April 1900 Sir William Priestley died. At a by-election on 3 May 1900, Sir John Batty Tuke
John Batty Tuke
Sir John Batty Tuke was one of the most influential psychiatrists in Scotland in the late nineteenth century. Tuke’s career in Edinburgh from 1863 to 1910 spanned a period of significant social and political changes in asylum governance and care in Scotland...
was returned unopposed.
In May 1896 Sir Charles Pearson was raised to the Bench. At a by-election on 12 May 1896, Sir William Overend Priestley
William Overend Priestley
Sir William Overend Priestley was a physician and Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities from 1896 to 1900....
MD LLD was returned unopposed.
At the General Election 1895
United Kingdom general election, 1895
The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...
Sir Charles John Pearson
Charles John Pearson
Sir Charles John Pearson was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was called to the English and Scottish bars in 1870. He was knighted in 1887. He was Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute from 1888 and Perthshire from 1889. He was Conservative Member of Parliament...
QC was elected unopposed as the Conservative candidate.
At the General Election 1892
United Kingdom general election, 1892
The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...
Sir Charles John Pearson
Charles John Pearson
Sir Charles John Pearson was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was called to the English and Scottish bars in 1870. He was knighted in 1887. He was Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute from 1888 and Perthshire from 1889. He was Conservative Member of Parliament...
QC was elected unopposed as the Conservative candidate.
At the November 1890 by-election Sir Charles John Pearson
Charles John Pearson
Sir Charles John Pearson was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was called to the English and Scottish bars in 1870. He was knighted in 1887. He was Sheriff of Renfrew and Bute from 1888 and Perthshire from 1889. He was Conservative Member of Parliament...
QC was elected unopposed as the Conservative candidate.
In October 1888 John Macdonald was appointed Lord Justice Clerk
Lord Justice Clerk
The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session.The holder has the title in both the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary and is in charge of the Second Division of Judges in the Court of Session...
. At a bye-election on 6 November 1888, Moir Tod Stormont Darling
Moir Tod Stormonth Darling, Lord Stormonth-Darling
Moir Tod Stormonth Darling, Lord Stormonth-Darling was a Scottish politician and judge.He was Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities from 1888 to 1890 and served as Solicitor General for Scotland during the same period...
was elected unopposed as the Conservative candidate.
At the General Election 1886
United Kingdom general election, 1886
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...
John Macdonald was returned unopposed. In July 1886 he accepted office and was reelected unopposed on 13 August.