Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, in
Scotland
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, was a
university constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1868 until 1918. It was merged with the
Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities constituency to form the
Combined Scottish Universities constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1870s
* Caused by Gordon's appointment as a
Lord of Appeal, becoming Lord Gordon of Drumearn.
* Caused by Gordon's appointment as
Lord Advocate
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.
Elections in the 1860s
* Caused by Moncreiff's appointment as
Lord Justice Clerk
The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session.
Originally ''clericus justiciarie'' or Clerk to the Court of Justiciary, the counterpart in the criminal courts of the Lord ...
and elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Moncreiff.
References
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Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Politics of Aberdeen
Politics of Glasgow
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1868
University constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
University of Aberdeen
University of Glasgow