Post: | Lord Provost |
Body: | Dundee |
Incumbent: | Bill Campbell |
Incumbentsince: | 20 May 2022 |
First: | Alexander Mathewson (first recorded holder, though role existed before) |
Insignia: | City_of_Dundee_Coat_of_Arms.png |
Appointer: | Dundee City Council approved by the Monarch |
Termlength: | Elected by Dundee City Council at the start of each session, and upon a vacancy |
Deputy: | Kevin Cordell |
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.
1890–1893 | Alexander Mathewson | |||
1893–1896 | Sir James Low | |||
1896–1899 | Henry McGrady | |||
1899–1902 | William Hunter | |||
1902–1905 | Charles Barrie | |||
1905–1908 | William Longair | |||
1908–1914 | Sir James Urquhart | |||
1914–1920 | Sir William Don | |||
1920–1923 | Sir Alexander Spence | |||
1923–1929 | Sir William High | |||
1929–1932 | George Anderson Johnston | |||
1932–1935 | William Huntley Buist | |||
1935–1940 | Sir John Phin | |||
1940–1946 | Sir Garnet Wilson | Liberal Party | ||
1946–1949 | Archibald Powrie | |||
1949 | John Campsie Adamson | |||
1949–1952 | Richard Fenton | |||
1952–1954 | William Black | |||
1954–1960 | William Hughes | Labour | ||
1960–1967 | Maurice McManus | |||
1967–1970 | Alexander MacKenzie | |||
1970–1973 | William K. Fitzgerald | |||
1973–1975 | Thomas W. Moore | |||
1975–1977 | Charles D.P. Farquhar | |||
1977–1980 | Henry W.C. Vaughan | |||
1980–1984 | James P. Gowans | Labour | ||
1984–1992 | Thomas Mitchell | |||
1992–1995 | Thomas M. McDonald | |||
1995–1996 | Norman A. McGowan[1] | |||
1996–1999 | Mervyn J. Rolfe | |||
1999–2001 | Helen Wright[2] | |||
2001–2012 | John Letford[3] | |||
Independent | ||||
2012–2017 | Bob Duncan[4] | SNP | ||
2017–2022 | Ian Borthwick[5] | Independent | ||
2022–present | Bill Campbell[6] | SNP |
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.