The East Aberdeenshire, by-election 1906 was a parliamentary

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held for the

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constituency of East Aberdeenshire in the

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on 28 February 1906.

Vacancy

The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting

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MP,

James Annand James Annand (1843 – 6 February 1906) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor and Liberal Party politician. Born at Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the eldest son of blacksmith Robert Annand and his wife Margaret Moir, James Annand be ...

on 6 February 1906. Annand had been an MP for only a few days and died before he had an opportunity to take his seat, so becoming one of the shortest-serving MPs in history.

Candidates

The Liberals chose James Murray of

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, a 55-year-old art collector who was Chairman of the Aberdeen Art Gallery, as their candidate. The Unionists met on 24 February and decided not to stand a candidate. Annand's opponent at the

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, the

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, Archibald White Maconochie, who had been the local MP from

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till 1906, declined to stand again and the Unionists felt it was inadvisable to bring a stranger into the constituency at short notice after their recent defeat.

The result

There being no other candidates putting themselves forward Murray was returned unopposed.F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974'' p525 He held his seat until

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when he stood down from Parliament. ----

References

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Vacancy

Candidates

The result

See also

References