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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
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
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
Diplomat and British Army general
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By-election, 11 June 1773
James Murray
of Strowan
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By-election, 11 April 1794
Thomas Graham
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19 May 1807
Lord James Murray
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
1885
constituency divided. See Eastern Perthshire and Western Perthshire
Election results
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Notes and references
^ a b 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
Current constituencies (2024)