1932 Montrose Burghs by-election

{{Short description|UK Parliamentary by-election}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

The 1932 Montrose Burghs by-election was held on 28 June 1932. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Liberal National MP, Robert Hutchison. It was won by the Liberal National candidate Charles Kerr.{{Rayment-hc|date=May 2021}}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election 1932: Montrose BurghsWhitaker's Almanack, 1934}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)

|candidate = Charles Kerr

|votes = 7,963

|percentage = 46.9

|change = -30.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tom Kennedy

|votes = 7,030

|percentage = 41.4

|change = +18.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Party of Scotland

|candidate = Douglas Emslie

|votes = 1,996

|percentage = 11.7

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 933

|percentage = 5.5

|change = -48.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 16,989

|percentage = 56.7

|change = -17.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)

|swing =

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{{election box end}}

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