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 .
When created in 1708, the constituency covered the
County Of Aberdeen minus the
Burgh Of Aberdeen , which was part of the
Aberdeen Burghs constituency.
In 1832, the
Aberdeen Burgh Constituency was created to cover the burgh plus areas previously within the Aberdeenshire constituency.
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 .
1708 William Gordon, Lord Haddo , later
Earl of Aberdeen
1709 Sir Alexander Cumming
1722 Sir Archibald Grant (expelled)
1732 Sir Arthur Forbes
1747 Andrew Mitchell
1754 Lord Adam Gordon
1768 Alexander Garden
1786 George Skene
1790 James Ferguson
1820 William Gordon
1854 George John James Gordon,
Baron Haddo, later Earl of Aberdeen
1861 William Leslie
1866 William Dingwall Fordyce
