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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1885
Perthshire was a Scottish
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) .
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the
Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former
Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of
Perthshire .
Boundaries
The constituency was created to cover the
county of Perth , minus the
burgh of
Perth , which was a component of the
Perth Burghs constituency. The
Scottish Reform Act 1832 transferred from Perthshire to
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire the
parishes of
Tulliallan ,
Culross and
Muckhart and the Perthshire portions of the parishes of
Logie and
Fossaway .
History
The constituency elected one
Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1885.
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As a result of the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 , the Perthshire constituency was divided to create
Eastern Perthshire and
Western Perthshire in 1885.
Members of Parliament
Election
Member
Party
Notes
15 June 1708
Dougal Stewart
Tory
Also sat for
Buteshire
[6]
25 October 1710
Lord James Murray
10 February 1715
Lord James Murray
Later 2nd
Duke of Atholl
By-election, 31 December 1724
David Graeme
By-election, 28 April 1726
Mungo Haldane
Previously MP for
Stirlingshire 1715–22, and for
Dunbartonshire 1722–25
12 October 1727
John Drummond
9 May 1734
Lord John Murray
21 April 1761
John Murray
By-election, 23 March 1764
David Graeme
Diplomat and British Army general
By-election, 11 June 1773
James Murray
of Strowan
By-election, 11 April 1794
Thomas Graham
19 May 1807
Lord James Murray
Later 1st
Baron Glenlyon
By-election, 19 March 1812
James Drummond
Tory
By-election, 6 April 1824
Sir George Murray
Tory
[7]
29 December 1832
The Earl of Ormelie
Whig
[7]
Later 2nd
Marquess of Breadalbane
By-election, 5 May 1834
Sir George Murray
Conservative
[7]
17 January 1835
Hon. Fox Maule
Whig
[7]
4 August 1837
Viscount Stormont
Conservative
[7]
By-election, 9 March 1840
Henry Home-Drummond
Conservative
[7]
1846
Peelite
[8]
16 July 1852
Sir William Stirling, Bt
Conservative
Changed name to Sir William Stirling-Maxwell in March 1866
23 November 1868
Charles Stuart Parker
Liberal
MP for
Perth 1878–92
12 February 1874
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Bt
Conservative
By-election, 4 February 1878
Henry Home-Drummond-Moray
Conservative
5 April 1880
Sir Donald Currie
Liberal
subsequently MP for
Western Perthshire
1885
constituency divided. See
Eastern Perthshire and
Western Perthshire
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Campbell succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd
Marquess of Breadalbane and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Murray succeeded to the peerage, becoming 4th
Earl of Mansfield and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Stirling-Maxwell's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
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Notes and references
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