Reconstituted County Councils
With the redistribution of powers between counties, large burghs and small burghs the method of electing the county council was changed.
The council was to be partly directly elected and partly chosen by the town councils of large burghs. Each large burgh was to nominate one (or more depending on population) members of the town council to the county council. The rest of the county was divided into electoral divisions (consisting of landward parishes) and small burghs, each returning single members.
The reconstituted county councils were elected in November and December 1929.
Read more about this topic: Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929
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