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Perthshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Perth elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690.

List of shire commissioners
• 1617-? George Auchinleck, Lord Balmanno • 1639–41: Sir John Moncreiff of Moncreiff • 1639–41: Thomas Ruthven of Frieland • 1643: Patrick Kinnaird of Inchstair • 1643: George Graeme of Invhbraikle • 1644–45: Laird of Balhousie (Hay) • 1648: Laird of Balthayok (Blair) • 1665 convention, 1667 convention: Sir Thomas Stewart of Gairntellie • 1669–70: Sir Mungo Murray of Garth (died c.1670) • 1672: Sir Gilbert Stewart of Tillineddes (died c.1672) • 1678 convention: John Graham of Fintrie • 1681–82, 1685: Mungo Haldane of Gleneagles (died 1685) • 1690–1702: Sir Colin Campbell of Aberuchill • 1690–1702: Adam Drummond of Megginch • 1693–95: Sir Alexander Menzies of that Ilk (died 1695) • 1693–97: Thomas Hay of Balhousie (ennobled as Viscount Dupplin 1697) • 1702–07: John Haldane of Gleneagles • 1704–07: John Murray of Strowan ==References==
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