Perth (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Not to be confused with Perth (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Perth was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

After the Acts of Union 1707, Perth, Cupar, Dundee, Forfar and St Andrews formed the Perth district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

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1661–63, 1665, 1667, 1669–74: Patrick Threipland of Fingask^[1]

References

↑ G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. IV (1904) p. 356.

See also

List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union

Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union 1707

Burghs	Aberdeen Annan Anstruther Easter Anstruther Wester Arbroath Auchterarder Ayr Banff Berwick Brechin Burntisland Campbeltown Crail Cromarty Cullen Culross Cupar Dingwall Dornoch Dumbarton Dumfries Dunbar Dundee Dunfermline Dysart Edinburgh Elgin Forfar Forres Fortrose Glasgow Haddington Inveraray Inverbervie Inverkeithing Inverness Inverurie Irvine Jedburgh Kilrenny Kinghorn Kintore Kirkcaldy Kirkcudbright Kirkwall Lanark Lauder Linlithgow Lochmaben Montrose Nairn New Galloway North Berwick Peebles Perth Pittenweem Queensferry Renfrew Rothesay Rutherglen St Andrews Sanquhar Selkirk Stirling Stranraer Tain Whithorn Wick Wigtown

Shires	Aberdeen Argyll Ayr Banff Berwick Bute Caithness Clackmannan Cromarty Dumfries Dunbarton Edinburgh Elgin and Forres Fife Forfar Haddington Inverness Kincardine Kinross Kirkcudbright Lanark Linlithgow Nairn Orkney and Shetland Peebles Perth Renfrew Ross Roxburgh Selkirk Stirling Sutherland Tarbert Wigtown

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