Aberdeenshire Eastern (UK Parliament constituency)
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Aberdeenshire Eastern was a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It represented an eastern division of the county of Aberdeenshire. Until 1885 the rest of the county was represented by the Aberdeenshire Western and Aberdeen constituencies. In 1885, the Aberdeen constituency was divided into Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South.
Aberdeenshire Eastern was formed from the division of the former Aberdeenshire constituency into eastern and western constituencies. These continued as constituencies until 1918, when Aberdeen and Kincardine East, Aberdeen and Kincardine Central and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West were created.
[edit] Boundaries
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 established the constituency of Aberdeenshire East as comprising the following parishes-
Aberdour, Belhelvie, Bourtie, Crimond, Cruden, Daviot, Ellon, Fintray, Foveran, Fraserburgh, Fyvie, Keith-hall and Kinkell, King-Edward, Logie-Buchan, Longside, Lonmay, Methlick, Montquhitter, New Deer, New Machar, Old Deer, Oldmeldrum, Peterhead, Pitsligo, Rathen, Slains, Strichen, Tarves, Turriff, Tyrie and Udny, together with the part of the parish of Old Machar lying east of the River Don, and the parish of St Fergus in Banffshire.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Aberdeenshire Eastern County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | William Dingwall Fordyce | ||
| 1875 | Sir Alexander Hamilton Gordon | ||
| 1885 | Peter Esslemont | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Thomas Ryburn Buchanan | Liberal | |
| 1900 | Archibald White Maconochie | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1906 | James Annand | (Liberal) | |
| 1906 | James Murray | Liberal | |
| 1910 | William Henry Cowan | Liberal | |
