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The Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen is the convener of the City of Aberdeen local authority in Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. They are equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries.

The Lord Provost
Lord Provost

A Lord Provost is the figurative and ceremonial head of one of the principal cities in Scotland. Four cities, City of Aberdeen, City of Dundee, City of Edinburgh and City of Glasgow, have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost ....
 of the City of Aberdeen, by virtue of office, is also:

Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a Convener or Provost
Provost (civil)

A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name pr?v?t was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France....
, but it is only in the four main cities, Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
, Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
, Aberdeen
Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
 and Dundee
Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
 that have a Lord Provost
Lord Provost

A Lord Provost is the figurative and ceremonial head of one of the principal cities in Scotland. Four cities, City of Aberdeen, City of Dundee, City of Edinburgh and City of Glasgow, have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost ....
.






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The Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen is the convener of the City of Aberdeen local authority in Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. They are equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries.

The Lord Provost
Lord Provost

A Lord Provost is the figurative and ceremonial head of one of the principal cities in Scotland. Four cities, City of Aberdeen, City of Dundee, City of Edinburgh and City of Glasgow, have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost ....
 of the City of Aberdeen, by virtue of office, is also:
  • Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Aberdeen
  • Lord High Admiral of the Northern Seas
    Lord High Admiral of the Northern Seas

    Lord High Admiral of the Northern Seas is a post held, ex officio, by the Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen....
  • Vice Admiral of the Coast of Great Britain & Ireland
    Vice Admiral of the Coast of Great Britain & Ireland

    The Vice Admiral of the Coast of Great Britain & Ireland is a ceremonial title in the United Kingdom.The List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, by virtue of office, is also Vice Admiral of the Coast of Great Britain & Ireland....


Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a Convener or Provost
Provost (civil)

A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name pr?v?t was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France....
, but it is only in the four main cities, Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
, Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
, Aberdeen
Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
 and Dundee
Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
 that have a Lord Provost
Lord Provost

A Lord Provost is the figurative and ceremonial head of one of the principal cities in Scotland. Four cities, City of Aberdeen, City of Dundee, City of Edinburgh and City of Glasgow, have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost ....
. This is enshrined in the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994

The Local Government etc. Act 1994 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current Local government of Scotland structure of 32 unitary authorities covering the whole of Scotland....
.

The current Lord Provost is Peter J Stephen.

13th Century

  • (1272-1273) Richard Cementarius
    Richard Cementarius

    Richard Cementarius was a 13th century Scotland architect and became the first List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen in 1272. He held the title of Kings Master Mason to King Alexander III of Scotland....
  • (1273-1274) Mathew Greatheued
  • (1281-1282) Mathew Greatheued
  • (1284-1285) Malcolm de Pelgoneni

14th Century

  • (1309-1310) Duncan de Malanell
  • (1321-1322) Duncan Kynnedy
  • (1326-1329) Symon Gelehach
  • (1329-1332) William Strabrock
  • (1332-1333) Symon Gelehach
  • (1333-1335) William Strabrock
  • (1341-1342) David Fyngask
  • (1343-1344) Thomas Mercer
  • (1348-1349) Thomas Lynton
  • (1349-1351) Robert Edynhame
  • (1351-1356) William Leith
  • (1361-1363) Thomas Mercer
  • (1366-1367) Laurence Garoock
  • (1367-1368) Laurence de Foty
  • (1372-1374) William Leith
  • (1382-1383) Alexander Bannerman
  • (1383-1384)
  • (1385-1391) Laurence de Foty
  • (1391-1395) William de Camera
  • (1395-1396) William Andrewson
  • (1396-1399) William de Camera
  • (1399-1401) Adam de Benyn

15th Century

  • (1401-1404) Laurence de Leith
  • (1404-1405) William de Camera II
  • (1405-1409) Robert Davidson
  • (1409-1410) John Fichet
  • (1410-1411) Robert Davidson
  • (1411-1412) Andrew Giffard
  • (1412-1413) Thomas de Camera
  • (1413-1415) William Jackson
  • (1416-1417) Thomas Roull
  • (1419-1420) Thomas Giffard
  • (1420-1421) John Vaus
  • (1421-1423) William Kintore
  • (1423-1424) Gilbert Menzies
  • (1424-1425) William Kintore
  • (1425-1426) John Vaus
  • (1426-1428) Gilbert Menzies
  • (1428-1431) John Vaus
  • (1431-1435) Thomas de Camera
  • (1435-1436) John de Scroggs I
  • (1436-1437) John Vaus
  • (1437-1438) John de Fyfe
  • (1438-1439) Thomas de Camera
  • (1439-1440) Gilbert Menzies
  • (1440-1441) John de Fyfe
  • (1441-1442) Mathew Fichet
  • (1442-1443) John Marr
  • (1444-1446) John Vaus
  • (1446-1447) Alexander de Camera
  • (1447-1448) William Scherar
  • (1448-1449) John de Fyfe
  • (1449-1451) John de Scroggs II
  • (1451-1453) John de Fyfe
  • (1453-1454) John Marr
  • (1454-1455) Andrew Menzies
  • (1455-1456) John de Scroggs II
  • (1456-1458) John de Fyfe
  • (1458-1461) Richard Kintore
  • (1461-1462) Andrew Menzies
  • (1462-1467) Richard Kintore
  • (1467-1470) Alexander Chalmers
  • (1470-1471) Andrew Alanson
  • (1471-1472) Richard Kintore
  • (1472-1473) Andrew Scherar
  • (1473-1474) Andrew Alanson
  • (1474-1475) Alexander Chalmers
  • (1475-1476) Alexander Menzies
  • (1476-1477) Andrew Scherar
  • (1477-1478) Alexander Chalmers
  • (1478-1479) Andrew Scherar
  • (1479-1480) Alexander Chalmers
  • (1480-1481) Alexander Menzies
  • (1481-1482) James Leslie
  • (1482-1483) Robert Blinseile
  • (1483-1484) Sir John Rutherford
  • (1484-1485) Alexander Chalmers
  • (1485-1486) Sir John Rutherford
  • (1486-1487) Alexander Menzies
  • (1487-1488) Sir John Rutherford
  • (1488-1489) David Menzies
  • (1489-1491) Sir John Rutherford
  • (1491-1492) John Cullen
  • (1492-1493) Sir John Rutherford
  • (1493-1494) Alexander Reid
  • (1494-1495) David Menzies
  • (1495-1496) Alexander Chalmers
  • (1496-1501) Sir John Rutherford

16th Century

  • (1501-1504) Alexander Menzies
  • (1504-1505) John Leslie
  • (1505-1507) Andrew Cullen
  • (1507-1514) Gilbert Menzies
  • (1514-1516) John Mar
  • (1516-1521) Gilbert Menzies
  • (1521-1522)
  • (1522-1525) Gilbert Menzies
  • (1525-1526) Thomas Menzies
  • (1526-1533) Gilbert Menzies
  • (1533-1535) Thomas Menzies
  • (1535-1536) Andrew Cullen
  • (1536-1537) Gilbert Menzies
  • (1537-1545) Thomas Menzies
  • (1545-1547) George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
    George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly

    George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly , was a Scotland nobleman.The grandson of the 3rd Earl of Huntly, and a childhood companion of James V, he inherited the earldom and estates in 1524....
  • (1547-1576) Thomas Menzies
  • (1576-1588) Gilbert Menzies
  • (1588-1590) Thomas Menzies
  • (1590-1591) Alexander Cullen
  • (1591-1592) Alexander Rutherford
  • (1592-1593) Sir Thomas Menzies
  • (1593-1594) John Cheyne
  • (1594-1595) John Collison
  • (1595-1596) Sir Thomas Menzies
  • (1596-1597) Alexander Rutherford
  • (1597-1598) Alexander Chalmers
  • (1598-1599) Alexander Rutherford
  • (1599-1600) Alexander Cullen

17th Century

  • (1600-1601) Alexander Rutherford
  • (1601-1602) Alexander Cullen
  • (1602-1603) Sir Thomas Menzies
  • (1603-1604) Alexander Rutherford
  • (1604-1605) David Menzies
  • (1605-1606) Alexander Rutherford
  • (1606-1607) Alexander Cullen
  • (1607-1608) Alexander Rutherford
  • (1608-1609) Alexander Cullen
  • (1609-1610) Alexander Rutherford
  • (1610-1611) Alexander Cullen
  • (1611-1615) Alexander Rutherford
  • (1615-1620) Sir Thomas Menzies
  • (1620-1622) David Rutherford
  • (1622-1623) George Nicholson
  • (1623-1634) Sir Paul Menzies
  • (1634-1635) Sir Patrick Leslie
  • (1635) Sir Paul Menzies
  • (1635) Robert Johnston
  • (1635-1637) Alexander Jaffray
  • (1637-1638) Robert Johnston
  • (1638-1639) Alexander Jaffray
  • (1639-1641) Sir Patrick Leslie
  • (1641-1642) Alexander Jaffray
  • (1642-1644) Sir Patrick Leslie
  • (1644-1645) Sir Robert Farquhar
  • (1645-1647) Thomas Gray
  • (1647-1648) Sir Patrick Leslie
  • (1648-1649) Thomas Gray
  • (1649-1650) Alexander Jaffray
  • (1650-1651) Sir Robert Farquhar
  • (1651-1652) Alexander Jaffray
  • (1652-1655) George Morison
  • (1655-1656) Thomas Gray
  • (1656-1657) George Cullen
  • (1657-1660) John Jaffray
  • (1660-1662) Gilbert Gray
  • (1662-1663) William Gray
  • (1663-1664) Gilbert Gray
  • (1664-1666) Robert Petrie
  • (1666-1667) Gilbert Gray
  • (1667-1671) Robert Petrie
  • (1671-1674) Robert Forbes
  • (1674-1675) Robert Petrie
  • (1676-1685) Sir George Skene
    Provost Skene

    Sir George Skene, or Provost Skene, was List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen of Aberdeen, Scotland in the 17th century from . Today he is most famous and widely known not for his time as Lord Provost, but for his house which is a major tourist attraction in Aberdeen....
  • (1685-1688) George Leslie
  • (1688-1690) Alexander Gordon
  • (1690-1691) John Sandilands
  • (1691-1695) Walter Cochran
  • (1695-1697) Robert Cruickshank
  • (1697) John Johnston
  • (1697-1698) Alexander Walker
  • (1698-1700) Thomas Mitchell

18th Century

  • (1700-1702) John Allardes
  • (1702-1704) Thomas Mitchell
  • (1704-1705) Alexander Patton
  • (1705-1708) John Gordon
  • (1708-1710) John Allardes
  • (1710-1712) John Ross
    Provost John Ross

    Provost John Ross was Lord Provost in Aberdeen, Scotland from 1710?1712. Today he is most famous for the house he occupied in the 18th century from 1702....
  • (1712-1714) John Allardes
  • (1714-1715) Robert Stewart
  • (1715-1716) Patrick Bannerman
  • (1716) Robert Stewart
  • (1716-1718) John Gordon
  • (1718-1720) George Fordyce
  • (1720-1722) Robert Stewart
  • (1722-1724) George Fordyce
  • (1724-1726) Robert Stewart
  • (1726-1728) George Fordyce
  • (1728-1730) William Cruickshank
  • (1730-1732) James Morison Snr
  • (1732-1734) William Cruickshank
  • (1734-1736) Hugh Hay
  • (1736-1738) John Robertson
  • (1738-1740) William Chalmers
  • (1740-1742) Alexander Robertson
  • (1742-1744) Alexander Aberdein
  • (1744-1746) James Morison Jnr
  • (1746-1748) William Chalmers
  • (1748-1750) Alexander Robertson
  • (1750-1752) Alexander Livingstone
  • (1752-1754) James Morison Jnr
  • (1754-1756) William Mowat
  • (1756-1758) Alexander Robertson
  • (1758-1760) John Duncan
  • (1760-1762) William Davidson
  • (1762-1764) John Duncan
  • (1764-1766) George Shand
  • (1766-1768) John Duncan
  • (1768-1770) James Jopp
  • (1770-1772) George Shand
  • (1772-1774) James Jopp
  • (1774-1776) Adam Duff
  • (1776-1778) James Jopp
  • (1778-1780) William Young
  • (1780-1782) James Jopp
  • (1782-1784) William Young
  • (1784-1786) William Cruden
  • (1786-1787) James Jopp
  • (1787-1789) John Abercrombie
  • (1789-1791) William Cruden
  • (1791-1793)
  • (1793-1795) John Abercrombie Jnr
  • (1795-1797) George More
  • (1797-1799) Thomas Leys
  • (1799-1801) John Dingwall


19th Century

  • (1801-1803) James Hadden
  • (1803-1805) Thomas Leys
  • (1805-1807) Alexander Brebner
  • (1807-1809) George More
  • (1809-1811) James Hadden
  • (1811-1813) James Young
  • (1813-1815) James Hadden
  • (1815-1817) Alexander Fraser
  • (1817-1818) Charles Forbes
  • (1818-1820) Alexander Brebner
  • (1820-1822) Gavin Hadden
  • (1822-1824) Alexander Brown
  • (1824-1826) Gavin Hadden
  • (1826-1828) Alexander Brown
  • (1828-1830) Gavin Hadden
  • (1830-1832) James Hadden
  • (1832-1833) Gavin Hadden
  • (1833-1836) James Blaikie
    James Blaikie

    James Ogilvie Blaikie of Craigiebuckler . Buried St Nicholas, Aberdeen. Lord Provost of Aberdeen 1833-1836. Married Jane Garden. Father of William Garden Blaikie and others....
  • (1836-1839) James Milne
  • (1839-1847) Sir Thomas Blaikie
    Sir Thomas Blaikie

    Sir Thomas Blaikie . Lord Provost of Aberdeen 1839-1847 and 1853-1856. Married in Aberdeen 13th November 1828, Agnes Dingwall ....
  • (1847-1850) George Thompson Jnr
  • (1850-1853) George Henry
  • (1853-1856) Sir Thomas Blaikie
    Sir Thomas Blaikie

    Sir Thomas Blaikie . Lord Provost of Aberdeen 1839-1847 and 1853-1856. Married in Aberdeen 13th November 1828, Agnes Dingwall ....
  • (1856-1859) John Webster
  • (1859-1865) Sir Alexander Anderson
  • (1865-1869) Alexander Nichol
  • (1869-1874) William Leslie
  • (1874-1880) George Jamieson, (Liberal
    Liberal Party (UK)

    The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
    )
  • (1880-1883) Peter Esslemont
    Peter Esslemont

    Peter Esslemont , was a Scotland politician.The son of Peter Esslemont and Ann Connon, Peter Esslemont was born, 1834, in Balnakettle, Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland....
    , (Liberal
    Liberal Party (UK)

    The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
    )
  • (1883-1886) James Matthews
  • (1886-1889) William Henderson, (Liberal
    Liberal Party (UK)

    The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
    )
  • (1889-1895) David Stewart, (Conservative
    Conservative Party (UK)

    The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
    )
  • (1895-1898) Daniel Mearns
  • (1898-1902) John Fleming


20th Century

  • (1902-1905) James Walker
  • (1905-1908) Sir Alexander Lyon
  • (1908-1911) Alexander Wilson
  • (1911-1914) Adam Maitland
  • (1914-1919) Sir James Taggart
  • (1919-1925) William Meff
  • (1925-1929) Sir Andrew Lewis
  • (1929-1932) James Rust
  • (1932-1935) Henry Alexander
  • (1935-1936) Edward Watt
  • (1936-1947) Sir Thomas Mitchell
  • (1947-1951) Duncan Fraser
  • (1951-1952) William Reid
  • (1952-1955) John Graham
  • (1955-1961) George Stephen
  • (1961-1964) John Graham
  • (1964-1967) Norman Hogg
  • (1967-1970) Robert Lennox, (Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
    )
  • (1970-1971) James Lamond
    James Lamond

    James Alexander Lamond was United Kingdom Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for 22 years, representing Oldham East from 1970 to 1983 and then Oldham West and Royton from United Kingdom general election, 1983 until he retired in at the United Kingdom general election, 1992....
    , (Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
    )
  • (1971-1975) John Farquharson Smith
    John Smith, Baron Kirkhill

    John Farquharson Smith, Baron Kirkhill is a life peer in the House of Lords.He was Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen from 1971 to 1975 and Minister of State for Scotland from 8 August 1975 to 15 December 1978....
    , (Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
    )
  • (1975-1977) Robert Lennox, (Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
    )
  • (1977-1980) Dr William J Fraser
  • (1980-1984) Alexander C Collie, (Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
    )
  • (1984-1988) Henry Rae, (Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
    )
  • (1988-1992) Robert Robertson
  • (1992-1996) James Wyness, (Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
    )
  • (1996-1999) Dr Margaret Farquhar CBE, (Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
    )
  • (1999-2003) Margaret Smith, (Labour
    Scottish Labour Party

    Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
    )


21st Century

  • (2003-2007) John Michael Reynolds, (Liberal Democrats
    Scottish Liberal Democrats

    The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the Federation structure of the Liberal Democrats; the others being the Liberal Democrats and the Welsh Liberal Democrats parties....
    )
  • (from 2007) Peter Stephen, (Liberal Democrats
    Scottish Liberal Democrats

    The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the Federation structure of the Liberal Democrats; the others being the Liberal Democrats and the Welsh Liberal Democrats parties....
    )