William Forbes (MP) explained

William Forbes
Office:Member of Parliament
for Stirlingshire
Term Start:14 July 1841
Predecessor:George Abercromby
Successor:Peter Blackburn
Term Start2:17 January 1835
Term End2:30 April 1838
Predecessor2:Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
Successor2:George Abercromby
Birth Date:1806
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

William Forbes (1806 –)[1] was a British Conservative politician.

Forbes was elected Conservative MP for Stirlingshire at the 1835 general election. However, after winning the seat again at the 1837 general election, he was unseated on petition in favour of George Abercromby in 1838, after at least one vote had been wrongly ascribed to the wrong candidate.[2] He later regained the seat, at the 1841 general election, and held it until his death in 1855.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 14 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914223554/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons5.htm. 14 September 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. News: Domestic Intelligence . 14 September 2018 . Fife Herald . 3 May 1838 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book . 605 .