West Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Western Perthshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
West (or Western) Perthshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons (UK) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was defined by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, by dividing the Perthshire constituency to form two new constituencies which were first used in the 1885 general election. The other new constituency was East Perthshire. Together with the burgh constituency of Perth, which was unaltered, these constituencies covered the county of Perth, except that five detached parishes had been merged into the Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire constituency by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832.[1]
As defined in the 1885 Act, the constituency consisted of the "Parishes of Aberfoyle, Ardoch, Auchterarder, Blair-Athole, Balquhidder, Blackford, Crieff, Comrie, Callander, Dunkeld and Dowally (except so much as is comprised in Division No. 1 as herein described), Dunblane, Dull, Fortingall, Fowlis Wester, Glendevon, Kenmore, Killin, Kilmadock, Kincardine, Kippen (except the detached part locally situate in Stirlingshire), Kirkmichael, Little Dunkeld, Logierait, Lecropt, Moulin, Madderty, Monzie, Monzievaird and Strowan, Muthill, Port of Menteith, Trinity Gask, and Weem." [2]
1885 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1886, 1892, 1895, 1900, 1906, January 1910 and December 1910.
By 1918, throughout most of Scotland, county boundaries had been altered, and detached parishes were generally historic. The Representation of the People Act 1918 took account of new local government boundaries and grouped the county of Perth with the county of Kinross for parliamentaty representation purposes. Therefore, for the 1918 general election, the two counties were covered by the Perth constituency, which was now a county constituency, entirely within the county of Perth, and the Kinross and West Perthshire constituency, which covered the county of Kinross and part of the county of Perth.[3]
[edit] Member of Parliament
- 1885 Sir Donald Currie Unionist, previously MP for Perthshire
- 1900 John Stroyan
- 1906 David Charles Erskine Liberal
- 1910 John George Stewart-Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine, later Duke of Atholl Conservative
- 1917 Archibald Stirling
[edit] Election results
| 1906 general election: Western Perthshire [4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | David Charles Erskine | 3,890 | 55.7 | ||
| Conservative | John Stroyan | 3,087 | 44.2 | ||
| 1886 general election: Western Perthshire [5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Unionist | Sir Donald Currie KCMG | 3,269 | |||
| Liberal | George William Thompson Omond | 2,329 | |||
| 1885 general election: Western Perthshire [6] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Unionist | Sir Donald Currie KCMG | 3,786 | |||
| Conservative | Lieut Col Henry Edward Home-Drummond-Moray | 3,290 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Seventh Schedule
- ^ Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
