Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Elgin and Forres (later called Moray) elected commissioners to represent them in the unicameral Parliament of Scotland and in the Convention of the Estates.
From 1708 Elginshire was represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Great Britain.
List of shire commissioners
1612: Robert Innes of that Ilk
1639–41, 1648: Sir Robert Innes, 1st Baronet
1649: Sir Ludovic Gordon, 2nd Baronet
1661–63: Thomas McKenzie of Plascarden
1661–63, 1678 convention: Sir Robert Innes, 2nd Baronet
1665 convention: Sir Robert Innes of Muirtoun
1665 convention, 1667 convention: Patrick Dunbar of Belnaferie
1669–70: Sir Robert Dunbar of Grangehill
1669–70: Sir Alexander Douglas of Spynie
1678 convention: Sir Robert Innes, the elder, of that Ilk
1681–82: Ludovick Grant of Freuquhie
1681–82: Sir Thomas Dunbar of Grange
1685–86: Sir Alexander Innes, 1st Baronet
1685–86: James Calder of Muirton
1689 convention, 1689–1702, 1702–1704: James Brodie of that Ilk
1689 convention, 1689–1693: Thomas Dunbar of Grange
1696: Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet
1698–1702, 1702: Alexander Dunbar of Westfield (sheriff) (died c1702) 1703–05: Robert Dunbar of Grangehill (died c.1705) 1704–07: Sir Harry Innes, 4th Baronet
References
See also
Elgin (Parliament of Scotland constituency) Forres (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707) Constituencies disestablished in 1707 1707 disestablishments in Scotland Elginshire