The 1872

Kincardineshire Kincardineshire or the County of Kincardine, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "the stewartry"), is a Shires of Scotland, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area on the ...

by-election was held on 10 December 1872. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP,

James Dyce Nicol James Dyce Nicol (13 August 1805 – 16 November 1872) was a Scottish businessman, and then a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1872. Nicol was the son of W. Nicol M.D. of Stonehaven and his wife Margaret Dyce daugh ...

. It was won by the unopposed Liberal candidate George Balfour.

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