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‘a distant and whiggish country’: the Conservative party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847

Hutchison, Gary D.

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This article examines the role of the Scottish Conservative party in shaping the underlying culture of Scottish politics in the 1830s and 1840s, utilizing numerous collections of private papers, newspapers, memoirs and legal texts. It focuses on the party’s experiences of electioneering rituals, and its innovative electoral registration activities. It then examines the effects of its creation of illegitimate ‘fictitious’ votes, and of its diverse methods for influencing electors. In doing so, it puts ‘party’ at the heart of a notably distinctive and fast-evolving Scottish political culture, and challenges assumptions that this culture was overwhelmingly whiggish in character and inspiration.

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Hutchison, G. D. (2020). ‘a distant and whiggish country’: the Conservative party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847. Historical Research, 93(260), 333-352. https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htaa010

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 13, 2019
Online Publication Date Apr 29, 2020
Publication Date 2020-05
Deposit Date Jul 9, 2019
Publicly Available Date Apr 29, 2022
Journal Historical Research
Print ISSN 0950-3471
Electronic ISSN 1468-2281
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 93
Issue 260
Pages 333-352
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htaa010
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1292781

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Hutchison, Gary D. (2020). ‘a distant and whiggish country’ the Conservative party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847. Historical Research 93(260): 333-352 which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htaa010. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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