Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Aberdeenshire
Type = County
Year = 1708
Abolition = 1868
members = one

Aberdeenshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

In 1868 it was divided to create Eastern Aberdeenshire and Western Aberdeenshire.

Boundaries

When created in 1708, the constituency covered the county of Aberdeen minus the burgh of Aberdeen, which was part of the Aberdeen Burghs constituency.Fact|date=July 2007

In 1832, the Aberdeen burgh constituency was created to cover the burgh plus areas previously within the Aberdeenshire constituency.Fact|date=July 2007

In 1868, the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 divided Aberdeenshire to form Eastern Aberdeenshire and Western Aberdeenshire, and these new constituencies were first used in the 1868 general election.

Members of Parliament

1708 Lord Haddo 1709 Sir Alexander Cumming, 1st Baronet 1722 Sir Archibald Grant, 2nd Baronet (expelled) 1732 Sir Arthur Forbes, 4th Baronet 1747 Andrew Mitchell 1754 Lord Adam Gordon 1768 Alexander Garden 1786 George Skene 1790 James Ferguson 1820 William Gordon 1854 Lord Haddo 1861 William Leslie 1866 William Dingwall Fordyce

ee also

* Former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies