Aberdeenshire Eastern (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1950–1983 constituency, see East Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Aberdeenshire Eastern County constituency
Created:	1868
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

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.

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The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 established the constituency of Aberdeenshire Eastern 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.

	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