Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 - Reconstituted County Councils

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

Famous quotes containing the words county and/or councils:

    A horse, a buggy and several sets of harness, valued in all at about $250, were stolen last night from the stable of Howard Quinlan, near Kingsville. The county police are at work on the case, but so far no trace of either thieves or booty has been found.
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    Surrealism ... is the forbidden flame of the proletariat embracing the insurrectional dawn—enabling us to rediscover at last the revolutionary moment: the radiance of the workers’ councils as a life profoundly adored by those we love.
    —“Manifesto of the Arab Surrealist Movement” (1975)