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TITLE
Election Literature, 1874: Conditions of Candidature
EXTERNAL ID
Z_QZP40_2915_P058
PERIOD
1870s
SOURCE
Highland Libraries
ASSET ID
8991
KEYWORDS
elections
politics
politicians
political parties
Election Literature, 1874: Conditions of Candidature

This notice sets out the conditions of candidature for the Inverness District of Burghs at the General Election of 1874.

The result of the election for the Inverness Burghs seat (comprising Inverness, Nairn, Forres, and Fortrose) was:
Fraser MacKintosh (independent Liberal) 1134
MacKintosh of Raigmore (Liberal) 879
MacKintosh of Holme (Conservative) 16.

In the election as a whole the Liberals, led by William Gladstone, won a majority of the votes cast, but Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives secured a majority of seats in the House of Commons, largely because they won a number of uncontested seatsumber of uncontested seats

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Election Literature, 1874: Conditions of Candidature

1870s

elections; politics; politicians; political parties

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Papers relating to the political career of Charles Fraser Mackintosh

This notice sets out the conditions of candidature for the Inverness District of Burghs at the General Election of 1874. <br /> <br /> The result of the election for the Inverness Burghs seat (comprising Inverness, Nairn, Forres, and Fortrose) was:<br /> Fraser MacKintosh (independent Liberal) 1134<br /> MacKintosh of Raigmore (Liberal) 879<br /> MacKintosh of Holme (Conservative) 16.<br /> <br /> In the election as a whole the Liberals, led by William Gladstone, won a majority of the votes cast, but Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives secured a majority of seats in the House of Commons, largely because they won a number of uncontested seatsumber of uncontested seats