1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
Unionist John Buchan Unionist The 1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 26 to 29 April 1927 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons.The seat had become vacant on 16 March 1927 when the Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Henry Craik, Bt.He had held the seat since its creation for the 1918 general election, having previously been MP for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities.John Buchan, the novelist, of the Unionist Party and Hugh Guthrie of the Labour Party, who had contested Glasgow Camlachie at the 1918 general election.He held the seat until 1935, when he resigned to take up the post of Governor General of Canada.