1909 Edinburgh East by-election

1909 Edinburgh East by-election

16 April 1909
 
Candidate Gibson Ford
Party Liberal Liberal Unionist
Popular vote 4,527 4,069
Percentage 52.7% 47.3%

MP before election

Sir George McCrae
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Sir James Gibson
Liberal

The 1909 Edinburgh East by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 16 April 1909. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.