1879 Haddington Burghs by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1879 Haddington Burghs by-election was fought on 25 February 1879. The by-election was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale. It was won by the Liberal candidate Sir David Wedderburn.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 House of Commons dead www.leighrayment.com 1879 Haddington Burghs by-electionCraig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 1977 Macmillan Press London 978-1-349-02349-3 1st e-book 549 Liberal Party (UK) David Wedderburn 921 56.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) John Macdonald 723 44.0 N/A 198 12.0 N/A 1,644 89.1 N/A 1,846 Liberal Party (UK) N/A References Category:1879 in Scotland Category:1870s elections in Scotland Category:1879 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Politics of East Lothian Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies