Constituency : Glasgow Blackfriars 1886-1900
Andrew defeated the Liberal Unionist defector Mitchell Henry by nearly 1,000 votes at Glasgow Blackfriars.
Andrew held the seat until 1900 when he lost out to Bonar Law in a campaign dominated by the Boer War . He stood again in 1906 but came third with Labour's George Barnes taking the seat.
Andrew spoke up for the crofters in the Queen's Speech debate in 1887. He was a supporter of bimetallism and Henry George's ideas on land taxation.
He died in 1915 aged 76.
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