Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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).
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]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes |
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15 June 1708 |
Dougal Stewart |
Tory |
Also sat for Buteshire [2] |
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25 October 1710 |
Lord James Murray |
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10 February 1715 |
Lord James Murray |
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Later 2nd Duke of Atholl |
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By-election, 31 December 1724 |
David Graeme |
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By-election, 28 April 1726 |
Mungo Haldane |
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Previously MP for Stirlingshire 1715–22, and for Dunbartonshire 1722–25 |
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12 October 1727 |
John Drummond |
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9 May 1734 |
Lord John Murray |
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21 April 1761 |
John Murray |
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By-election, 23 March 1764 |
David Graeme |
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Diplomat and British Army general |
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By-election, 11 June 1773 |
James Murray |
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of Strowan |
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By-election, 11 April 1794 |
Thomas Graham |
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19 May 1807 |
Lord James Murray |
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Later 1st Baron Glenlyon |
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By-election, 19 March 1812 |
James Drummond |
Tory |
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By-election, 6 April 1824 |
Sir George Murray |
Tory |
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29 December 1832 |
The Earl of Ormelie |
Whig |
Later 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane |
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By-election, 5 May 1834 |
Sir George Murray |
Conservative |
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17 January 1835 |
Hon. Fox Maule |
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4 August 1837 |
Viscount Stormont |
Conservative |
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By-election, 9 March 1840 |
Henry Home-Drummond |
Conservative/Peelite |
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16 July 1852 |
Sir William Stirling, Bt |
Conservative |
Changed name to Sir William Stirling-Maxwell in March 1866 |
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23 November 1868 |
Charles Stuart Parker |
Liberal |
MP for Perth 1878–92 |
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12 February 1874 |
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Bt |
Conservative |
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By-election, 4 February 1878 |
Henry Edward Home-Drummond-Moray |
Conservative |
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5 April 1880 |
Sir Donald Currie |
Liberal |
subsequently MP for Western Perthshire |
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1885 |
constituency divided. See Eastern Perthshire and Western Perthshire |
Notes and references
- 1 2 Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
- ↑ Dougal Stewart was also returned for Buteshire at the general election in 1708 and appears to have been permitted to sit for both seats until his appointment as a Lord of Session on 7 Jun 1709. No writ for a fresh election appears to have been issued before the general election in 1710
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