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).
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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.
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.
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished in 1885.[1]
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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.
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15 June 1708 |
Dougal Stewart |
Tory |
Also sat for Buteshire[6] |
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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[7] |
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29 December 1832 |
The Earl of Ormelie |
Whig[7] |
Later 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane |
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By-election, 5 May 1834 |
Sir George Murray |
Conservative[7] |
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17 January 1835 |
Hon. Fox Maule |
Whig[7] |
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4 August 1837 |
Viscount Stormont |
Conservative[7] |
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By-election, 9 March 1840 |
Henry Home-Drummond |
Conservative[7] |
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1846 |
Peelite[8] |
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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 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 |
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Campbell succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane and causing a by-election.
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Murray succeeded to the peerage, becoming 4th Earl of Mansfield and causing a by-election.
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Stirling-Maxwell's death caused a by-election.
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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
Fisher, David R. "Perthshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.