1879 Elginshire and Nairnshire by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1879 Elginshire and Nairnshire by-election was fought on 17 September 1879. The by-election was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, Viscount Macduff. It was won by the Liberal candidate Sir George Macpherson-Grant.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=huVEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_7YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3039%2C5265668 Elgin and Nairn election. Return of the Liberal candidate The Glasgow Herald 17 September 1879 15 19 September 2016http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "E" 19 September 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171129230526/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm 29 November 2017 Elginshire and Nairnshire by-election 1879 Liberal Party (UK) Sir George Macpherson-Grant 959 57.8 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Hugh Brodie 701 42.2 -0.5 258 15.6 +1.0 1,660 88.1 +2.6 Liberal Party (UK) References Category:1879 in Scotland Category:1870s elections in Scotland Category:County of Moray Category:Politics of Moray Category:Politics of the county of Nairn Category:1879 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies