The Lord Provost of Dundee is the chair and civic head of the Dundee City Council in Scotland. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead and Lord Lieutenant for the city. They are equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in other countries.
Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a Provost, but it is only the four largest cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee that have a Lord Provost. This is enshrined in the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
The Mediaeval burgh of Dundee was administered by officials known as "Bailies", Provosts and the office of "Constable of Dundee". The office of Provost as the single chief official of the burgh was not created until the 1480s.
List of provosts and lord provosts
Provosts
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Lord Provosts +TenureProvostPolitical party1890–1893Alexander Mathewson1893–1896Sir James Low1896–1899Henry McGrady1899–1902William Hunter1902–1905Charles Barrie1905–1908William Longair1908–1914Sir James Urquhart1914–1920Sir William Don1920–1923Sir Alexander Spence1923–1929Sir William High1929–1932George Anderson Johnston1932–1935William Huntley Buist1935–1940Sir John Phin1940–1946Sir Garnet WilsonLiberal Party1946–1949Archibald Powrie1949John Campsie Adamson1949–1952Richard Fenton1952–1954William Black1954–1960William HughesLabour1960–1967Maurice McManus1967–1970Alexander MacKenzie1970–1973William K. Fitzgerald1973–1975Thomas W. Moore1975–1977Charles D.P. Farquhar1977–1980Henry W.C. Vaughan1980–1984James P. GowansLabour1984–1992Thomas Mitchell1992–1995Thomas M. McDonald1995–1996Norman A. McGowan1996–1999Mervyn J. Rolfe1999–2001Helen Wright2001–2012John LetfordIndependent2012–2017Bob DuncanSNP2017–2022Ian BorthwickIndependent2022–presentBill CampbellSNP
Deputy lieutenants A deputy lieutenant of Dundee is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Dundee. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.
19th Century 9 November 1894: Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 9 November 1894: Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown 9 November 1894: Colonel Sir Reginald Ogilvy 9 November 1894: Sir John Leng 9 November 1894: Sir Thomas Thornton 9 November 1894: Edmund Robertson, 1st Baron Lochee 9 November 1894: William Robertson 9 November 1894: Alexander Hay Moncur 9 November 1894: William Hunter 9 November 1894: Hugh Ballingall 9 November 1894: Alexander Mathewson 9 November 1894: William Brownlee 9 November 1894: James Erskine Erskine 9 November 1894: Duncan Macdonald 9 November 1894: John Sharp 9 November 1894: Sir James Low 9 November 1894: George Addison Cox 9 November 1894: George W. Baxter 9 November 1894: Henry M'Grady
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