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Glasgow College (UK Parliament constituency)

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Major settlements
  
Glasgow

Created from
  
Glasgow

Replaced by
  
Glasgow

Number of members
  
One

Major settlement
  
Glasgow

Glasgow College (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

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History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the Tenth and Eleventh Municipal Wards.

Elections in the 1910s

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: Henry Anderson Watt
  • Unionist:
  • References

    Glasgow College (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia