1929 General Election - Edinburgh East
| Year | 1929 | 
| General election | 1929 General Election | 
| Constituency | Edinburgh East | 
| Turnout | 76.5% | 
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | 
| Shiels, Thomas Drummond | Labour | 13,933 | 
| McDonald, Thomas Pringle | Liberal | 8,687 | 
| Thyne, Richard Cobden | Scottish Unionist | 6,889 |