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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 December 1832		691/715	96.64
John Baillie	Tory	250	36.18
John Stuart	Whig	243	35.17
Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce	Tory	192	27.79
Robert Fraser	Radical	6	0.87
Majority		7	1.01

20 April 1833 Death of John Baillie.

17 May 1833		647/715	90.49
Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce	Tory	357	55.18
John Stuart	Whig	290	44.82
Majority		67	10.36

19 January 1835		684/757	90.36
Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce	Conservative Party	344	50.29
Edward Ellice	Whig	340	49.71
Majority		4	0.58

29 July 1837		653/699	93.42
Roderick MacLeod	Whig	336	51.45
James John Randoll Mackenzie	Conservative Party	317	48.55
Majority		19	2.91

February 1840 Resignation of Roderick MacLeod. (Chiltern Hundreds)

4 March 1840		660/757	87.19
James Morrison	Whig	353	53.48
John Frazer	Conservative Party	307	46.52
Majority		46	6.97

30 June 1841		757
James Morrison	Whig	Unopposed

6 August 1847		479/771	62.13
Alexander Matheson	Whig	280	58.46
Richard Hartley Kennedy	Radical	199	41.54
Majority		81	16.91

8 July 1852		825
Alexander Matheson	Whig	Unopposed

1 April 1857		718/854	84.07
Alexander Matheson	Whig	383	53.34
Alexander Campbell Cameron	Conservative Party	335	46.66
Majority		48	6.69

4 May 1859		717/874	82.04
Alexander Matheson	Liberal Party	410	57.18
Alexander Campbell Cameron	Conservative Party	307	42.82
Majority		103	14.37

17 July 1865		1,022
Alexander Matheson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 November 1868		1,995
Æneas William Mackintosh	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 February 1874		2,029/2,419	83.88
Charles Fraser-Mackintosh	Liberal Party	1,134	55.89
Æneas William Mackintosh	Liberal Party	879	43.32
Angus Mackintosh	Conservative Party	16	0.79
Majority		255	12.57

April 1880		2,990
Charles Fraser-Mackintosh	Liberal Party	Unopposed

30 November 1885		3,255/3,556	91.54
Robert Bannatyne Finlay	Liberal Party	1,709	52.50
Walter Stowe Bright McLaren	Independent Liberal / Crofter	1,546	47.50
Majority		163	5.01

Robert Finlay was the nominee of the Free Church Constitutional Party.

9 July 1886		2,965/3,556	83.38
Robert Bannatyne Finlay	Liberal Unionist Party	1,619	54.60
Rt Hon Sir Robert Peel, Bt	Liberal Party	1,346	45.40
Majority		273	9.21

8 July 1892		3,177/3,941	80.61
Gilbert Beith	Liberal Party	1,615	50.83
Robert Bannatyne Finlay	Liberal Unionist Party	1,562	49.17
Majority		53	1.67

20 July 1895		3,442/3,974	86.61
Robert Bannatyne Finlay	Liberal Unionist Party	1,846	53.63
Henry Bell	Liberal Party	1,596	46.37
Majority		250	7.26

30 August 1895 Resignation of Robert Finlay on appointment as Solicitor-General.

31 August 1895		3,974
Robert Bannatyne Finlay	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 October 1900		3,298/4,085	80.73
Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay	Liberal Unionist Party	1,829	55.46
James Archibald Duncan	Liberal Party	1,469	44.54
Majority		360	10.92

19 January 1906		4,050/4,547	89.07
John Annan Bryce	Liberal Party	2,304	56.89
Rt Hon Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay	Liberal Unionist Party	1,746	43.11
Majority		558	13.78

21 January 1910		4,090/4,547	89.95
John Annan Bryce	Liberal Party	2,440	59.66
Thomas George Torrance McMicking	Liberal Unionist Party	1,650	40.34
Majority		790	19.32

9 December 1910		4,179/4,719	88.56
John Annan Bryce	Liberal Party	2,367	56.64
Patrick Johnstone Ford	Liberal Unionist Party	1,812	43.36
Majority		555	13.28