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The first of these two excerpts gives the date on which Isabella Burgess became the first woman in Aberdeen to be elected a Town Councillor.

A list of the successful and unsuccessful candidates in the Aberdeen Council Election of November 1833.

A notice to remind potential electors to register.

Some electoral related statistics for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in 1868.

These five 'epistles' are written in the biblical style relating to the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles, in this case, the apostles being the town councillors. The first epistle is about city council elections, with particular…

James Shaw was the Tory candidate in the 1872 by-election, brought about by the death of the MP Col Sykes. Both John Farley Leith, whom Shaw attacks here, and James Barclay, stood as Liberal candidates. John Farley Leith won.

This song is addressed to James William Barclay (1833-1907), who represented the 1st ward in Aberdeen town council in from 1864-1867 and the 3rd ward in 1868 to 1871. He was a shipowner, which is referred to in the fourth verse. Barclay stood as a…

This election poster asks the Aberdeen electorate to support the Liberal candidate James W Barclay, rather than the other Liberal planning to stand in the city, John Farley Leith. Farley Leith was returned as the Member of Parliament for Aberdeen in…

This Tory, anti-Bannerman election poster refers to characters by Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott amongst others in an attempt to belittle the Whig supporters.