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Perthshire
County constituency
Created:1708
Abolished:1885
Type:House of Commons
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). In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.

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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. Perthshire ( Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic) officially the County of Perth, is a Registration county in central Scotland. A Burgh (ˈbʌʀə is an autonomous corporate entity in Scotland, usually a Town. Perth (Peairt is a town and former Royal burgh in central Scotland. Perth Burghs was a District of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain (at Westminster

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. The Scottish Reform Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the election laws of Scotland. Perth was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918 1918 to 1950 and 1997 to 2005 A burgh constituency is a type of Parliamentary constituency in Scotland. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire were constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and [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. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c 23 was a piece of British Electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House East (or Eastern) Perthshire was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 West (or Western) Perthshire was a County constituency of the House of Commons (UK of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from [1]

Member of Parliament

Election results


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Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. James Murray 2nd Duke of Atholl KT, PC ( 28 September 1690 &ndash 8 January 1764) was a Scottish peer John Murray 3rd Duke of Atholl KT PC ( 6 May 1729 &ndash 5 November 1774) was the son of Lord George Murray John Campbell 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane KT PC FRS ( 26 October 1796 &ndash 8 November 1862) was a Scottish Fox Maule-Ramsay 11th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCB, PC ( 22 April 1801 – 6 July 1874) known as Fox Maule William David Murray 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield KT DL ( 21 February 1806 &ndash 1 August 1898) The son of Henry Home-Drummond (1783 &ndash 1867 was a Scottish politician Sir William Stirling-Maxwell of Pollok 9th Baronet ( 8 March 1818 &ndash 15 January[[ 878]] was an Scottish historical writer politician and Sir William Stirling-Maxwell of Pollok 9th Baronet ( 8 March 1818 &ndash 15 January[[ 878]] was an Scottish historical writer politician and Lt-Col Henry Edward Stirling Home-Drummond-Moray (1846-16 May 1911 was a Scottish soldier politician and landowner Sir Donald Currie GCMG ( 17 September 1825 &ndash 13 April 1909) was a British shipowner West (or Western) Perthshire was a County constituency of the House of Commons (UK of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4 F W. S. Craig 1972
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