The is a list of provosts of Perth. Perth is a city in Scotland, and the role of provost is similar to that of a mayor in many other countries.
History
The Merchant Guild of Perth was chartered in 1210, and the post of provost may have originated at this point. The first holder whose name is known is John Mercer, who served in 1368.
Until 1975, the post was Lord Provost of Perth, and ranked second in precedence after the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. With the reorganisation of local government, it became Provost of Perth and Kinross.
List of Provosts
1368: John Mercer
Laurence Spence
William Mercer
Andrew de Martyn
John de Pitscottie
1465: Andrew Charteris
1471: Robert Donyng
Andrew de Martyn
Richard de Strathearn
Alexander Bunch
Thomas Peebles
Robert Mercer
Walter Ireland
Patrick Wells
1500: Patrick Wells
Robert Mercer
Andrew Charteris
John Charteris
Alexander Tyre, of Busbie
Andrew Bunch
1504: Alexander Blair
1509: John Donyng
1521: Patrick Charteris
1523: Alexander M'Breck
William, Lord Ruthven
Oliver Maxton
John Christison
William Patullo
1544: Patrick Ruthven
1584: Patrick, Master of Ruthven
Sir William Murray, of Tullibardine
William, Earl of Gowrie
John, Earl of Montrose
John, Earl of Atholl
James Hepburn
James, Earl of Gowrie
John, Earl of Gowrie
1600: David Murray, afterwards Lord Scone
James Adamson
Viscount Stormont
Alexander Peebles
Robert Arnot
Andrew Gray
Andrew Grant
Andrew Butter
John Paterson
1664: Sir Patrick Threipland
1666: George Threipland
Archibald Christie
Andrew Jackson
Patrick Hay
Robert Lauder
John Glas
Robert Smyth
George Oliphant
James Cree
David Murray
Patrick Davidson
1700: George Oliphant
Patrick Davidson
1704: Alexander Robertson
1706: James Cree
James Brown
William Austen
Robert Robertson
Patrick Hay
William Ferguson
Colin Brown
Patrick Crie
John Robertson
William Stuart
William Gray
John Stuart
Alexander Simpson
George Fechney
1784: Thomas Marshall
1785: Thomas Marshall
William Alison
John Caw
Alexander Fechney
James Ramsay
Thomas Black
1800: Thomas Hay Marshall
1801: Thomas Hay Marshall
1802: John Caw
1803: John Caw
1804: Thomas Hay Marshall
1805: Thomas Hay Marshall
1806: 1810: Robert Ross 1811: Robert Ross 1814: Robert Ross 1815: Robert Ross 1820: Robert Ross 1821: Robert Ross 1824: Robert Ross 1827: Robert Ross 1828: Robert Ross 1839: David Greig 1841: 1867: John Pullar 1873: 1890: George Wilson 1893: John Dewar 1899: 1912: Charles Scott 1919: 1922: John Dewar 1924: 1932: Thomas Hunter 1935: Robert Nimmo 1945: John Ure Primrose 1954: John Buchan John T. Young 1963: Robert Ritchie 1966: David Kinnear Thomson 1972: Alexander Cross 1975: John Mathieson 1988: Alexander Murray 19??: John Cullivan 1999: Mike O'Malley 2003: Bob Scott 2007: John Hulbert 2012: Liz Grant 2017: Dennis Melloy 2022: Xander McDade