Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Perthshire County constituency
Created:	1708
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Perthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885, representing a seat for one Member of Parliament (MP).

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 Notes and references

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created to cover the county of Perth, minus the burgh of Perth, which was a compontent of the Perth Burghs constituency.

In 1832, as a result of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, the Perth Burghs constituency was abolished, the Perth burgh constituency was created, and five detached parishes of the county were merged into the Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire constituency.^[1]

In 1885, as a result of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the Perthshire constituency was divided to create Eastern Perthshire and Western Perthshire.^[1]

[edit] Member of Parliament

• 1708 Dougal Stewart
• 1710 Lord James Murray
• 1715 Lord James Murray, later Duke of Atholl
• 1724 David Graeme
• 1726 Mungo Haldane
• 1727 John Drummond
• 1734 Lord John Murray
• 1761 Lord John Murray
• 1764 David Graeme
• 1773 James Murray
• 1794 Thomas Graham
• 1807 Lord James Murray
• 1812 James Andrew John Lawrence Charles Drummond
• 1824 Sir George Murray
• 1832 The Earl of Ormelie
• 1834 Sir George Murray
• 1835 Fox Maule
• 1837 Viscount Stormont
• 1840 Henry Home-Drummond
• 1852 Sir William Stirling-Maxwell
• 1868 Charles Stuart Parker
• 1874 Sir William Stirling-Maxwell
• 1878 Henry Edward Home-Drummond-Moray
• 1880 Sir Donald Currie, subsequently MP for Western Perthshire

[edit] Election results

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[edit] See also

v • d • e Westminster constituencies of Scotland 1708 to 1832 · 1832 to 1868 · 1868 to 1885 · 1885 to 1918 · 1918 to 1950 · 1950 to 1955 · 1955 to 1974 · 1974 to 1983 · 1983 to 1997 · 1997 to 2005 Current constituencies (2005 to present) Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Airdrie & Shotts · Angus · Argyll & Bute · Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock · Banff & Buchan · Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk · Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross · Central Ayrshire · Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill · Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East · Dumfries & Galloway · Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale · Dundee East · Dundee West · Dunfermline & West Fife · East Dunbartonshire · East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow · East Lothian · East Renfrewshire · Edinburgh East · Edinburgh North & Leith · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh South West · Edinburgh West · Falkirk · Glasgow Central · Glasgow East · Glasgow North · Glasgow North East · Glasgow North West · Glasgow South · Glasgow South West · Glenrothes · Gordon · Inverclyde · Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey · Kilmarnock & Loudoun · Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath · Lanark & Hamilton East · Linlithgow & East Falkirk · Livingston · Midlothian · Moray · Motherwell & Wishaw · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · North Ayrshire & Arran · North East Fife · Ochil & South Perthshire · Orkney & Shetland · Paisley & Renfrewshire North · Paisley & Renfrewshire South · Perth & North Perthshire · Ross, Skye & Lochaber · Rutherglen & Hamilton West · Stirling · West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine · West Dunbartonshire

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ ^{a b} Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972