Andrew Anderson, Lord Anderson

[2] Anderson was selected as Liberal candidate for North Ayrshire in December 1905[9] to contest the 1906 general election.

He again faced Cochrane and Brown as his opponents but this time the Labour vote declined and Anderson reaped the advantage.

[15] After six years of Liberal government, the electors of North Ayrshire reverted to their more traditional allegiances, perhaps rebelling against the background of the rapid social changes being introduced by H H Asquith's reforming administration.

[16] After the election, Anderson agreed to be re-adopted as prospective Liberal candidate for North Ayrshire, expressing a wish to contest the seat again.

In addition to the usual gentleman's pastimes of the day such as fishing and golf, he also enjoyed curling[2] and had been a useful footballer in his youth both for Edinburgh University and for the well-known amateur side Queen's Park.

[3] Anderson died aged 73 at home, 9 Great King Street[19] in Edinburgh late on the evening of Wednesday 27 May 1936 from bronchial pneumonia.

[3] He is buried against the north wall of the 20th century extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh with his wife, Agnes Catherine MacKay (d.1952).