1917 Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities by-election

UK parliamentary by-election February 2017 February 2017 The 1917 Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities by-election was held on 10 August 1917. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Christopher Johnston, becoming a Senator of the College of Justice. It was won by the Conservative candidate Watson Cheyne, who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact. 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.The Times, 11 August 1917 References Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities by-election Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities by-election Category:1910s elections in Scotland Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities by-election Category:1910s in Edinburgh University Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies Category:History of the University of Edinburgh Category:University of St Andrews