Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
Glasgow College was a parliamentary constituency in Glasgow . It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , elected by the plurality voting system .
History [ edit ] The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election , and abolished for the 1918 general election .
Boundaries [ edit ] The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Tenth and Eleventh Municipal Wards.[1]
Members of Parliament [ edit ] Elections [ edit ] Elections in the 1880s [ edit ] Elections in the 1890s [ edit ] Stirling-Maxwell Elections in the 1900s [ edit ] Watt Elections in the 1910s [ edit ] General Election 1914–15 :
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
References [ edit ] ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sixth Schedule ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907 ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889 ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984 . ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893 ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901 ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907 ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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