Dunfermline (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Dunfermline in Fife was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

After the Acts of Union 1707, Dunfermline, Culross, Inverkeithing, Queensferry and Stirling formed the Stirling district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.

List of burgh commissioners

1661–63: James Mudie, bailie 1665 convention, 1667 convention, 1669–1774: Peter Walker, provost 1678 convention: John Anderson, merchant, bailie 1681–82: Andrew Belfrage, bailie 1685–86: Sir Patrick Murray 1689 convention, 1689–97: Sir Charles Halkett of Pitfirrane (died 1697) G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, volume III (1903) p. 334. 1697: Sir Patrick Aikenhead (died c.1698) 1699–1701: Jomes Hamiltoun 1702–05: Sir James Halkett of Pitfirrane (died 1705) 1705–07: Sir Peter Halkett of PitfirraneComplete Baronetage, volume IV (1904) p. 373.

References

See also List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union