The 1926 East Renfrewshire by-election was held on 29 January 1926. The by-election was held due to the appointment as Solicitor General for Scotland of the incumbent Conservative MP, Alexander Munro MacRobert. It was won by the Conservative candidate Alexander Munro MacRobert.^[1] This was the final ministerial by-election held prior to an amendment to the Re-Election of Ministers Act, which abolished the practice.