Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
- Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Perthshire
Type = County
Year = 1708
Abolition = 1885
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).
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.["Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972" (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972] ]In 1885, as a result of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the Perthshire constituency was divided to create Eastern Perthshire and Western Perthshire.
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
Election results
ee also
Notes and references
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