List of Lord Provosts of Glasgow - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. They are elected by the city councillors 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

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

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 of Scotland. Four cities, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost...

of the City of Glasgow, by virtue of office, is also:

Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow
a Commissioner of Northern Lighthouses
Northern Lighthouse Board
The Northern Lighthouse Board is the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man. It is a non-departmental public body responsible for marine navigation aids around coastal areas.-History:...

.

Each of the 32 Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

local authorities

Subdivisions of Scotland

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as "councils"...

elects a provost

Provost (civil)

A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France.-History:...

, but it is only the four main cities, Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, Aberdeen and Dundee that have a Lord Provost

Lord Provost

, who also serves as the Lord Lieutenant

Lord Lieutenant

The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...

for the city. 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 the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure of 32 unitary authorities covering the whole of Scotland....

.

The current Lord Provost, elected to the position in 2007, is Bob Winter

Bob Winter

Robert 'Bob' Winter is the Lord Provost of Glasgow. He was first elected a Labour councillor on Glasgow City Council in 1999, serving the Summerston ward. In 2007, he was re-elected as one of four councillors for Ward 15, which includes Maryhill and the Kelvin area of Glasgow's West End...

List of Provosts and Lords Provost

The Mediaeval burgh

Burgh

A burgh was an autonomous corporate entity in Scotland and Northern England, usually a town. This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when King David I created the first royal burghs. Burgh status was broadly analogous to borough status, found in the rest of the United...

of Glasgow was administered on behalf of the Bishops of Glasgow

Archbishop of Glasgow

The Bishop of Glasgow, from 1492 Archbishop of Glasgow, was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Glasgow and then, as Archbishop of Glasgow, the Archdiocese of Glasgow...

by officials known as Bailies' or Provosts'

Provost (civil)

A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France.-History:...

. The office of Provost as a single chief magistrate was not created until the early 1450s.

(1450x1453-1479) John Stewart
(1480) Sir Thomas Stewart of Minto
(1485-1489) Robert Stewart
(1491) Andrew Otterburn
(1497) Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox was a prominent Scottish nobleman. Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, and Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander, Master of Montgomerie....
(1498) Sir Patrick Blacader of Tulliallan
(1498-1499) John Stewart
(1502-1505) Allan Stewart of Cardonald
(1505-1507) Patrick Colquhoun of Glen
(1507-1509) Sir John Stewart of Minto
(1509-1513) Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox was a prominent Scottish nobleman. Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, and Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander, Master of Montgomerie....
(1513-1514) John Shaw
(1514-1516) George Colquhoun of Glen
(1526-1536) Sir Robert Stewart of Minto
(1537-1539) Archibald Dunbar of Baldoon
(1543-1544) Sir John Stewart of Minto
(1544-1549) Archibald Hamilton of Medop
(1549-1550) James Hamilton of Torrance
(1550-1559) Andrew Hamilton of Cochno
(1559-1562) Robert Lindsay of Dunrod
(1565-1573) Sir John Stewart of Minto
(1573-1576) Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd
(1577) Thomas Crawford of Jordanhill
Thomas Crawford (Captain)
Captain Thomas Crawford of Jordanhill . He was a trusted confidant of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and a retainer of the Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox...
(1578-1579) Robert Stewart, 7th Earl of Lennox
(1580) Esmé Stewart, 8th Earl of Lennox
Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox
Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Earl of Lennox was the son of John Stewart, 5th Lord of Aubigny who was the younger brother of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox...
(1581-1582) Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto
(1583) John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose
John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose
John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose was a Scottish peer and Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1599 to 1604. He was Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, from 1605 to 1607....
(1584-1585) Sir William Livingstone of Kilsyth
(1588-1589) Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto
(1594-1597) Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto
(1599) Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto
(1600-1601) Sir George Elphinstone of Blythswood
(1604-1605) Sir George Elphinstone of Blythswood
(1607-1608) John Houston of Houston
(1609-1612) James Inglis
(1613) James Stewart I
(1614-1616) James Hamilton
(1617-1618) James Stewart I
(1619-1620) James Inglis
(1621-1622) James Hamilton
(1623-1624) Gabriel Cunningham
(1625-1626) James Inglis
(1627-1628) James Hamilton
(1629-1632) Gabriel Cunningham
(1633) William Stewart
(1634-1635) Patrick Bell
(1636) Colin Campbell I
(1637) James Stewart II
(1638) Patrick Bell
(1639) Gabriel Cunningham
(1640) James Stewart II
(1641-1642) William Stewart
(1643-1644) James Bell
(1645-1646) George Porterfield
(1647) James Stewart
(1648) Colin Campbell II
(1648-1649) George Porterfield
(1650) John Graham
(1651) George Porterfield
(1652) Daniel Wallace
(1655-1656) John Anderson I
(1658) John Anderson II
(1658-1659) Sir John Bell
(1660-1661) Colin Campbell II
(1662-1663) Sir John Bell
(1664-1666) William Anderson
(1667) John Anderson II
(1668) William Anderson
(1669) James Campbell
(1670-1673) William Anderson
(1674-1675) Sir John Bell
(1676-1677) James Campbell
(1678-1681) Sir John Bell
(1682-1683) John Barns
(1684-1685) John Johnston
(1686-1687) John Barns
(1688) Walter Gibson
(1689-1690) John Anderson III
(1691-1692) James Peadie I
(1693-1694) William Napier
(1695-1696) John Anderson III
(1697-1698) James Peadie
(1699-1700) John Anderson III
(1701-1703) Sir Hugh Montgomery
(1703-1705) John Anderson III
(1705-1707) John Aird Jnr
(1707-1709) Robert Rodger
(1709-1711) John Aird Jnr
(1711-1713) Robert Rodger
(1713-1715) John Aird Jnr
(1715-1717) John Bowman I
(1717-1719) John Aird Jnr
(1719-1721) John Bowman I
(1721-1723) John Aird Jnr
(1723-1725) Charles Miller
(1725-1727) John Stark
(1727-1728) James Peadie II
(1728-1730) John Stirling
(1730-1732) Peter Murdoch
(1732-1734) Hugh Rodger
(1734-1736) Andrew Ramsay
(1736-1738) John Coulter
(1738-1740) Andrew Alton
(1740-1742) Andrew Buchanan http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drumpellier&action=edit
(1742-1744) Lawrence Dinwiddie
(1744-1746) Andrew Cochrane
(1746-1748) John Murdoch
(1748-1750) Andrew Cochrane
(1750-1752) John Murdoch
(1752-1754) John Brown
(1754-1756) George Murdoch
(1756-1758) Robert Christie
(1758-1760) John Murdoch
(1760-1762) Andrew Cochrane
(1762-1764) Archibald Ingram
(1764-1766) John Bowman II
(1766-1768) George Murdoch
(1768-1770) James Buchanan
(1770-1772) Colin Dunlop
(1772-1774) Arthur Connell
(1774-1776) James Buchanan
(1776-1778) Robert Donald
(1778-1780) William French
(1780) James Coats Campbell
(1780-1782) Hugh Wyllie
(1782-1784) Patrick Colquhoun
Patrick Colquhoun
Patrick Colquhoun was a Scottish merchant, statistician, magistrate, and founder of the first regular preventive police force in England, the Thames River Police.-Early life:...
(1784-1786) James Coats Campbell
(1786-1788) John Riddell
(1788-1790) John Campbell
(1790-1792) James McDowall
(1792-1794) Gilbert Hamilton
(1794-1796) John Dunlop
(1796-1798) James McDowall
(1798-1800) Lawrence Craigie
(1800-1802) John Hamilton
(1802-1804) Lawrence Craigie
(1804-1806) John Hamilton
(1806-1808) James McKenzie
(1808-1810) James Black
(1810-1812) John Hamilton
(1812-1814) Kirkman Finlay
Kirkman Finlay
Kirkman Finlay was one of the leading merchants in Glasgow, Scotland. He was Lord Provost of Glasgow and Member of Parliament.Kirkman was born in the Gallowgate, the second son of textile manufacturer James Finlay...

(Tory)
(1814-1816) Henry Montieth
(1816-1818) James Black
(1818) Kirkman Finlay
Kirkman Finlay
Kirkman Finlay was one of the leading merchants in Glasgow, Scotland. He was Lord Provost of Glasgow and Member of Parliament.Kirkman was born in the Gallowgate, the second son of textile manufacturer James Finlay...

(Tory)
(1818-1820) Henry Montieth
(1820-1822) John Thomas Alston
(1822-1824) William Smith
(1824-1826) Mungo Nutter Campbell
(1826-1828) William Hamilton
(1828-1830) Alexander Garden
(1830-1832) Robert Dalglish
(1832-1833) James Ewing
(1833-1834) Robert Grahame (Whig
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

)
(1834-1837) William Mills (Whig
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

)
(1837-1840) Henry Dunlop (Whig
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

)
(1840-1843) Sir James Campbell (Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

)
(1843-1846) James Lumsden (Whig
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

)
(1846-1848) Alexander Hastie (Whig
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

)
(1848-1851) Sir James Anderson
James Anderson (British politician)
Sir James Anderson was a British politician and manufacturer.Born at Stirling, he was the son of the merchant John Anderson and his wife Christian Wright. Aged fifteen, he moved to Glasgow to accompany his older brother David. Working in a manufactury, he rose through the city's civic dignities...
(1851-1854) Robert Stewart
(1854-1857) Sir Andrew Orr (Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

)
(1857-1860) Andrew Galbraith
(1860-1863) Peter Clouston
(1863-1866) John Blackie (Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

)
(1866-1869) Sir James Lumsden (Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

)
(1869-1871) William Rae Arthur
(1871-1874) Sir James Watson
(1874-1877) Sir James Bain
(1877-1880) Sir William Collins
William Collins (Lord Provost)
Sir William Collins was a famous figure in the temperance movement who served as Glasgow's Lord Provost between 1877 and 1880.He joined his father, William Collins, printing company in 1848 and helped expand the business into publishing...

(Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

)
(1880-1883) John Ure
(1883-1886) Sir William McOnie
(1886-1889) Sir James King, Bt.
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
(1889-1892) Sir John Muir, Bt.
(1892-1896) Sir James Bell, Bt.
(1896-1899) Sir David Richmond
1899-1902 - Sir Samuel Chisholm (Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

)
1902-1905 - Sir John Ure Primrose (Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

)
1905-1908 - Sir William Bilsland
1908-1911 - Sir Archibald McInnes Shaw (Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

)
1911-1914 - Sir Daniel Macaulay Stevenson (Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

)
1914-1917 - Sir Thomas Dunlop
Sir Thomas Dunlop, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Dunlop, 1st Baronet, GBE was a Scottish businessman.Dunlop was the eldest son of Thomas Dunlop , a grain merchant and founder of the shipping company, Thomas Dunlop & Sons, and his wife, Robina...

, 1st Bt. (Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

)
1917-1920 - Sir James Watson Stewart
1920-1923 - Sir Thomas Paxton
1923-1926 - Sir Matthew Walker Montgomery
1926-1929 - Sir David Mason
1929-1932 - Sir Thomas Kelly
1932-1935 - Sir Alexander B Swan
1935-1938 - Sir John Stewart (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1938-1941 - Sir Patrick Dollan
Patrick Dollan
Sir Patrick Joseph Dollan and his wife, Agnes, Lady Dollan were Glasgow activists in the Scottish Independent Labour Party...

(Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1941-1943 - John M Biggar (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1943-1945 - James Welsh (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1945-1949 - Sir Hector McNeil (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1949-1952 - Sir Victor Warren (Progressive
Progressives (Scotland)
The Progressive Party was the name of a defunct municipal political organisation that operated in several Scottish cities and towns in the 20th century but based around tacit anti-Labour co-operation between the Unionist Party, Scottish Liberals and Independents.National political parties were...

)
1952-1955 - Thomas Kerr (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1955-1958 - Andrew Hood (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1958-1960 - Myer Galpern
Myer Galpern
Myer Galpern, Baron Galpern, DL was a British Labour Party politician.Galpern was educated at Glasgow University and was a house furnisher. He was a councillor on the Glasgow Corporation and Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1958 to 1959...

(Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1960-1963 - Dame Jean Roberts (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1963-1965 - Sir Peter Meldrum (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1965-1969 - John Johnston (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1969-1972 - Sir Donald Liddle (Progressive
Progressives (Scotland)
The Progressive Party was the name of a defunct municipal political organisation that operated in several Scottish cities and towns in the 20th century but based around tacit anti-Labour co-operation between the Unionist Party, Scottish Liberals and Independents.National political parties were...

)
1972 - John Mains (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1972-1975 - Sir William Gray (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1975-1977 - Peter T McCann (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1977-1980 - David Hodge
David Hodge (Glasgow)
David Hodge was Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1977 to 1980. He was a member of the Scottish Labour Party.In his youth he played football for Greenock Morton F.C....

(Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1980-1984 - Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly (Lord Provost)
Michael Kelly is a Scottish Labour politician and businessman. He held the position of Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1980 to 1984, and was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1984 to 1987...

(Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1984-1988 - Robert Gray (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1988-1992 - Susan Baird
Susan Baird
Susan Baird Susan Baird Susan Baird (26 May 1940 – Maywas Labour Party Councillor for the Braidfauld ward of the City of Glasgow, Scotland. She served as the second female Lord Provost of the City from 1988 to 1992.*...

(Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1992-1994 - Robert Innes (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1994-1995 - James Shields (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1995-1996 - Tommy Dingwall (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1996-1999 - Pat Lally (Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
1999-2003 - Alex Mosson
Alex Mosson
Alex Mosson, is a former Lord Provost of Glasgow.He was an official of the Transport and General Workers' Union and a member of the Labour Party and elected councillor for Anderston in 1984....

(Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
2003-2007 - Liz Cameron
Liz Cameron
Liz Cameron, born in Partick, Glasgow is a former Lord Provost of Glasgow.She graduated from the University of Glasgow and became a college lecturer, teaching at Bell College of Technology in Hamilton...

(Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)
2007-present - Bob Winter
Bob Winter
Robert 'Bob' Winter is the Lord Provost of Glasgow. He was first elected a Labour councillor on Glasgow City Council in 1999, serving the Summerston ward. In 2007, he was re-elected as one of four councillors for Ward 15, which includes Maryhill and the Kelvin area of Glasgow's West End...

(Labour
Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party is the section of the British Labour Party which operates in Scotland....

)

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