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| Edinburgh | |
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| Former constituency for the Parliament of Scotland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Abolished | 1707 |
| Replaced by | Edinburgh |
Edinburgh was a burgh constituency represented in the Parliament of Scotland and the Convention of the Estates to 1707.
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| Edinburgh | |
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| Former constituency for the Parliament of Scotland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Abolished | 1707 |
| Replaced by | Edinburgh |
Edinburgh was a burgh constituency represented in the Parliament of Scotland and the Convention of the Estates to 1707.
| Parliament | Session | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1504 | Alexander Lauder of Blyth | ||||||
| 1524 | Francis Bothwell | ||||||
| 1525 | |||||||
| 1526 | |||||||
| 1528 | |||||||
| 1531 | |||||||
| 1532 | |||||||
| 1535 | |||||||
| 1644 | 1 | Sir John Smyth of Grottell (Provost) | Robert Mecklejohne | ||||
| 2 | Robert Mackeane | ||||||
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 | |||||||
| 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Edward Edyer | David Douglas | |||||
| 1648 | 1 | Archbald Sydserff (Merchant Burgess) | David Douglas | ||||
| 2 | Sir James Stuart, of Kirkfeild (Provost) | Covenanter | James Borthuik | ||||
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 | |||||||
| 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Sir John Smyth of Grottell | James Monteith | |||||
| 7 | |||||||
| 8 | Archbald Sydserff (Merchant Burgess) | ||||||
| 1654 | Samuel Desborrow (Commissioner for the Revenues) | George Downing (Scout-Master-General) | |||||
| 1656 | Lord Broghill | Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall | |||||
| 1659 | John Tomfon Auditor General for Scotland | ||||||
| 1661 | 1 | Sir Robert Murray, of Cameron | James Borthuik, Deacon of the Chirurgeons | ||||
| 2-3 | Johne Milne, Vice Deacon of the Chirurgeons | ||||||
| 1665 | - | Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall | John Somervell (Skinner) | ||||
| 1667 | - | Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall | John Somervell (Skinner) | ||||
| 1669 | 1 | Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall | Arthour Temple, of Ravelrig (Chirurgeon) | ||||
| 2-4 | William Hamiltoun | ||||||
| 1678 | - | Francis Kinloch, Lord Provost | Alexander Reid, Deacon of the Goldsmiths | ||||
| 1681 | - | Sir James Field, of Preistfield (Provost) | Edward Cleghorne (Goldsmith) | ||||
| 1685 | - | Sir George Drummond of Milnenab, provost | William Watson | ||||
| 1689 (March) | 1 | Sir John Hall of Dunglass | George Stirling | ||||
| 1689 (June) | 1-4 | Sir John Hall of Dunglass | George Stirling | ||||
| 5 | Alexander Thomson | ||||||
| 6-9 | Sir Robert Cheislie | ||||||
| 10 | |||||||
| 1703 | 1-4 | Sir Patrick Johnstone | Court | Robert Inglis | |||
| 1707 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Edinburgh | ||||||
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