1869 Dumfriesshire by-election

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The 1869 Dumfriesshire by-election was fought on 31 March 1869. The by-election was fought due to the disqualification of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Sydney Waterlow, as he was deemed to be a government contractor. It was won by the Conservative candidate George Gustavus Walker. [1]

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