A broadside from 10th August 1832 inviting the eligible of Aberdeen to register as electors and to support Mr. Bannerman.

Alexander M. Munro in Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen (1897) states that Sir Alex Bannerman of Elsick (1788-1864) won the elections in December 1832 after his opponent James Hadden retired from the contest.

Bannerman became the first M.P. for Aberdeen after the Reform Bill enactment passed in July 1832. This allowed the city to elect its own representative in the Parliament instead of voting for a member as part of a larger group of burghs.

The Aberdeen Journal explained that this act also prescribed that all eligible electors would receive a printed blank claim or schedule when applying for voting, as this historical document also states.

This broadside, printed at the Aberdeen Herald Office by G. Cornwall, indicates that the registration office was located at 27 Adelphi.

Document Type

Broadside

Document Reference

HD04_14

Keyword

Elections

Collection

Aberdeen Local Studies

Magnifier?

Yes

Public Access

Yes