Member of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | Patrick Ogilvie | ||
| 1710 | Alexander Reid | ||
| 1713 | James Murray | ||
| 1715 | John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll | ||
| 1722 | William Fraser | ||
| 1725 | John Campbell, later Duke of Argyll | ||
| 1727 | William Steuart | ||
| 1728 | Patrick Campbell | ||
| 1734 | William Steuart | ||
| 1741 | Sir James Grant | ||
| 1747 | William Grant | ||
| 1755 | Sir Andrew Mitchell | ||
| 1771 | Thomas Lockhart | ||
| 1774 | Staats Long Morris | ||
| 1784 | William Adam | ||
| 1790 | Alexander Brodie | ||
| 1802 | Francis William Grant, later Earl of Seafield | ||
| 1806 | George Skene | ||
| 1807 | Archibald Campbell-Colquhoun | ||
| 1810 | William Dundas | Tory | |
| 1812 | Archibald Campbell | ||
| 1812 | Patrick Milne | ||
| 1818 | Robert Grant | ||
| 1820 | Archibald Farquharson | ||
| 1826 | Alexander Duff | ||
| 1831 | Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming | ||
| 1832 | Sir Andrew Leith Hay | ||
| 1838 | Fox Maule, later Earl of Dalhousie | ||
| 1841 | Sir Andrew Leith Hay | ||
| 1847 | George Skene Duff | ||
| 1857 | Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff | Liberal | |
| 1881 by-election | Alexander Asher | Liberal | |
| 1905 by-election | John Ebenezer Sutherland | Liberal | |
| 1918 by-election | Charles Coupar Barrie, later Baron Abertay | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
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