Perth Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Perth Burghs Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Perth Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 1832, representing a seat for one Member of Parliament (MP)
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covered five burghs: Perth in the county of Perth, Cupar and St Andrews in the county of Fife, and Dundee and Forfar in the county of Forfar.
For the 1832 general election, as a result of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, the burgh of Perth was merged into the new Perth burgh constituency, the burghs of Cupar and St Andrews were merged into the Fife county constituency, the burgh of Dundee was merged into new Dundee burgh constituency, and the burgh of Forfar was merged into the new Montrose Burghs constituency.
[edit] Member of Parliament
- 1708 Joseph Austin
- 1710 George Yeaman
- 1715 Patrick Haldane
- 1722 William Erskine
- 1727 John Drummond
- 1743 Thomas Leslie
- 1761 George Dempster
- 1768 William Pulteney
- 1769 George Dempster
- 1790 George Murray
- 1796 David Scott
- 1805 Sir David Wedderburn
- 1818 Archibald Campbell
- 1820 Hugh Lindsay
- 1830 John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, later Baron Wharncliffe
- 1831 Francis Jeffrey
- 1831 William Ogilvy
- 1831 Francis Jeffrey
[edit] Election results
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