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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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19 November 1868		4,081
William McCombie	Liberal Party	Unopposed

7 February 1874		2,727/3,954	68.97
William McCombie	Liberal Party	2,401	88.05
Edward Ross	Conservative Party	326	11.95
Majority		2,075	76.09

24 April 1876 Resignation of William McCombie. (Chiltern Hundreds)

12 May 1876		3,156/3,899	80.94
Lord Douglas William Cope Gordon	Liberal Party	2,343	74.24
Thomas Innes	Conservative Party	813	25.76
Majority		1,530	48.48

6 April 1880		3,432/4,155	82.60
Dr Robert Farquharson	Liberal Party	2,390	69.64
Sir William Forbes, Bt	Conservative Party	1,042	30.36
Majority		1,348	39.28

1 December 1885		7,788/10,144	76.77
Dr Robert Farquharson	Liberal Party	4,248	54.55
Francis Hugh Irvine	Conservative Party	2,010	25.81
Quintin Kerr	Scot Farmers Alliance	1,530	19.65
Majority		2,238	28.74

Quintin Kerr was the nominee of the Scottish Farmers Alliance and the Aberdeen Radical Association.

7 July 1886		5,511/10,144	54.33
Dr Robert Farquharson	Liberal Party	3,854	69.93
Francis Hugh Irvine	Conservative Party	1,657	30.07
Majority		2,197	39.87

8 July 1892		7,360/10,027	73.40
Dr Robert Farquharson	Liberal Party	3,720	50.54
Sir Arthur Henry Grant, Bt	Conservative Party	3,640	49.46
Majority		80	1.09

20 July 1895		8,154/10,208	79.88
Dr Robert Farquharson	Liberal Party	4,187	51.35
Sir Arthur Henry Grant, Bt	Conservative Party	3,967	48.65
Majority		220	2.70

11 October 1900		7,565/10,656	70.99
Dr Robert Farquharson	Liberal Party	4,352	57.53
Sir Arthur Henry Grant, Bt	Conservative Party	3,213	42.47
Majority		1,139	15.06

18 January 1906		8,740/10,704	81.65
John Macdonald Henderson	Liberal Party	5,949	68.07
Ronald John McNeill	Conservative Party	2,791	31.93
Majority		3,158	36.13

20 January 1910		9,095/10,898	83.46
John Macdonald Henderson	Liberal Party	5,901	64.88
George Smith	Conservative Party	3,194	35.12
Majority		2,707	29.76

15 December 1910		8,647/10,914	79.23
John Macdonald Henderson	Liberal Party	5,415	62.62
George Smith	Conservative Party	3,232	37.38
Majority		2,183	25.25