1879 Elginshire and Nairnshire by-election facts for kids
The 1879 Elginshire and Nairnshire by-election was fought on 17 September 1879. The byelection 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.
| Elginshire and Nairnshire by-election 1879 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Sir George Macpherson-Grant | 939 | |||
| Conservative | Brodie | 701 | |||
| Majority | 258 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
1879 Elginshire and Nairnshire by-election Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.