Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities University constituency
Created:	1868
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

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. It was merged with the Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities constituency to form the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1868	James Moncreiff
	1869	Edward Strathearn Gordon
	1876	William Watson
	1880	James Alexander Campbell	Conservative
	1906	Sir Henry Craik	Unionist
1918		constituency abolished: see Combined Scottish Universities

[edit] Election results

General Election 1906: Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Henry Craik	3,543
	Liberal	Prof. A.F. Murison	2,450
	Independent Conservative	Prof. W.R. Smith	1,240

At the General Election 1885 and General Election 1886, James Alexander Campbell was returned unopposed as the Conservative candidate. ^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
2. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889