1959 Scottish representative peers election

January 2020 January 2020 thumb|right|The Principal Clerk of Session reads the roll of Peers of Scotland. Copyright George Outram & Co Ltd An election for 16 Scottish representative peers took place on 6 October 1959 at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. It turned out to be the last election for representative peers as in 1963 all holders of titles in the Peerage of Scotland were made eligible to sit in the House of Lords. Procedure The date, time and place of the meeting was set in a Royal Proclamation of 18 September 1959, issued on the day that the previous Parliament was dissolved. The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, who held the role of Lord Clerk Register, presided. When the Principal Clerk of Session George Macdonald read the roll of Peers of Scotland, 115 names were read, and 25 answered that they were present.Election By Scots Peers The Times London 7 October 1959 14 http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=wes_ttda&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&docId=CS235887943&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 subscription None of the Peers produced any proxies for those who were absent, but 28 Peers had submitted "Signed Lists" as a form of absent voting.Minutes, HL 14 1959-60, p. 2. The Duke of Buccleuch himself chose not to vote; this was the "customary but not compulsory practice" of the Lord Clerk Register. Result Four new representative peers were elected who had not sat in the previous Parliament - the Earls of Mar and Kellie, Northesk, and Dundonald, and Lord Sinclair. PeerVotesDuke of Atholl52Earl of Selkirk52Earl of Caithness51Earl of Perth51Earl of Airlie51Lord Forbes51Lord Saltoun51Lord Sinclair51Lord Sempill51Lord Balfour of Burleigh51Lord Polwarth51Earl of Haddington50Lord Fairfax of Cameron50Earl of Mar and Kellie44Earl of Dundonald40Earl of Northesk35UnsuccessfulLord Gray22Earl of Rothes5Earl of Mar4Lord Reay4Earl of Leven3Earl of Lindsay2Marquess of Queensberry1Earl of Lauderdale1Earl of Orkney1Earl of Breadalbane and Holland1Viscount of Falkland1Viscount of Arbuthnott1Lord Belhaven and Stenton1 Votes cast Peer votingPeers voted for Atholl, D. Queensbury, M. Mar, E. Rothes, E. Caithness, E. Mar (1565) and Kellie, E. Perth, E. Haddington, E. Lauderdale, E. Lindsay, E. Airlie, E. Leven, E. Selkirk, E. Northesk, E. Dundonald, E. Orkney, E. Breadalbane, E. Falkland, V. Arbuthnott, V. Forbes, L. Saltoun, L. Gray, L. Sinclair, L. Sempill, L. Balfour of Burleigh, L. Fairfax of Cameron, L. Reay, L. Belhaven, L. Polwarth, L.Peers present who answered to the calling of their titlesDuke of Hamilton1111111111111111Duke of BuccleuchDuke of Atholl1111111111111111Marquis of Huntly1111111111111111Marquis of Tweeddale1111111111111111Marquis of Lothian1111111111111111Earl of Cassilis1111111111111111Earl of Mar (1565) and Kellie1111111111111111Earl of Perth1111111111111111Earl of Haddington1111111111111111Earl of Southesk1111111111111111Earl of Wemyss1111111111111111Earl of Selkirk1111111111111111Earl of Dundee1111111111111111Earl of Dundonald1111111111111111Earl of Stair1111111111111111Earl of Rosebery1111111111111111Viscount of Stormont1111111111111111Viscount of Arbuthnott1111111111111111Lord Forbes1111111111111111Lord Saltoun1111111111111111Lord Gray1111111111111111Lord Sinclair1111111111111111Lord Sempill1111111111111111Lord Polwarth1111111111111111Peers who had submitted Signed ListsDuke of Argyll1111111111111111Duke of Montrose1111111111111111Earl of Sutherland1111111111111111Earl of Mar1111111111111111Earl of Rothes1111111111111111Earl of Home1111111111111111Earl of Galloway1111111111111111Earl of Lindsay1111111111111111Earl of Aberdeen1111111111111111Earl of Glasgow1111111111111111Lord Fairfax of Cameron1111111111111111Earl of Eglinton1111111111111111Earl of Caithness1111111111111111Earl of Elgin1111111111111111Lord Balfour of Burleigh1111111111111111Lord Elibank1111111111111111Lord Kinnaird1111111111111111Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne1111111111111111Earl of Dumfries1111111111111111Earl of Dalhousie11111111111111Earl of Airlie111111111111111Earl of Breadalbane1111111111111111Lord Herries1111111111111111Lord Elphinstone1111111111111111Lord Colville of Culross1111111111111111Lord Napier1111111111111111Lord Reay1111111111111111Lord Rollo1111111111111111 See also List of Scottish representative peers References "MINUTES OF MEETING held on the 6th October, 1959, of PEERS OF SCOTLAND for the ELECTION OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES to sit and vote in the ensuing Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." House of Lords paper 14 of Session 1959–60, HMSO. Scottish representative peers election Scottish representative peers election Scottish representative peers election Category:Scottish representative peers