The Blaikie Family were important players in Aberdeen Town Council. Sir Thomas Blaikie was Lord Provost on more than one occasion.

Professor John Stuart Blackie opposed the 1867 Reform Bill as he believed it to be 'purely democratic' and wished to see changes in the methods of representation of the people. A course of action (eg elections), should not be determined by the vote…

In these pages, the Aberdeen Working Men's Association requests that readers should unite to demand the right to vote for all. They believed that this would be the most effective method of bring about an improvement in the conditions of the working…

Some electoral related statistics for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in 1868.

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 image of William Alexander (1826 - 1894), the author, comes from an etching by Sir George Reid (1831 - 1913). William Alexander was the editor of the Aberdeen Free Press and his novels, all serialised in the paper, deal with political issues. In…

This Address from the Aberdeenshire Committee of Liberal Tenant Farmers was written in 1868 as a result of the Second Reform Bill, passed in 1867. It was compiled to inform Electors about the origin and objects of the Committee.
The Committee…