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
West 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. As defined in the 1885 Act, the constituency consisted of the "Parishes of
Aberdalgie,
Alyth,
Abernyte,
Auchtergaven,
Arngask,
Abernethy,
Blairgowrie,
Bendochy,
Coupar Angus,
Cargill,
Caputh (except the detached portions locally situated in
Forfarshire),
Collace,
Clunie,
Dunbarney,
Dunning, the detached portion of the parish of
Dunkeld and
Dowally which contains the town of Dunkeld,
Dron,
Errol, Fowlis-Easter,
Forteviot,
Forgandenny,
Findogask,
Inchture, so much of the parish of
Kettins as is locally situate in Perthshire,
Kinloch,
Kinfauns,
Kinclaven,
Kinnaird,
Kinnoull,
Kilspindie,
Lethendy,
Longforgan (including so much of the parish of ‘
Liff,
Benvie, and
Invergowrie’ as is situate in Perthshire),
Meigle,
Methven,
Moneydie,
Perth,
Redgorton,
Tibbermore,
Rattray,
Rhynd,
Scone,
St. Martins, and
St Madoes." 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 parliamentary 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. == Members of Parliament ==