Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1707 | Sir John Malcolm, Bt | ||
1708 | John Carnegie (expelled) | ||
1716 by-election | James Scott | ||
1733 by-election | Robert Scott | ||
1734 | Thomas Lyon, later Earl of Strathmore | ||
1735 by-election | William Maule, Earl Panmure (from 1743) | ||
1782 by-election | Archibald Douglas | Tory | |
1790 | David Scott | ||
1796 by-election | William Maule, later Baron Panmure | ||
1796 | Sir David Carnegie | ||
1805 by-election | William Maule, later Baron Panmure | ||
1831 by-election | Donald Ogilvy May | ||
1832 | Lord Douglas Gordon Hallyburton | ||
1841 | Lord John Frederick Gordon-Hallyburton | ||
1852 | Lauderdale Maule | ||
1854 by-election | Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan, later Earl of Camperdown | ||
1860 by-election | Charles Carnegie | Liberal | |
1872 by-election | James William Barclay | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1892 | Sir John Rigby, QC | Liberal | |
1894 | Charles Maule Ramsay Conservative | Liberal Unionist | |
1895 | J. Martin White | Liberal | |
1897 by-election | John Sinclair, later Baron Pentland | Liberal | |
1909 by-election | James Falconer | Liberal | |
1918 | William Thomas Shaw | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | James Falconer | Liberal | |
1924 | Sir Harry Hope | Conservative | |
1931 | William Thomas Shaw | Conservative | |
1945 | Simon Ramsay, later Earl of Dalhousie | Conservative | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
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