Before the Acts of Union 1707, the barons of the shire of Fife elected commissioners to represent them in the

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and in the

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. The number of commissioners was increased from two to four in 1690. After 1708, Fife was represented by one Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons at Westminster.

List of shire commissioners

* 1593: Myreton of Cambo Joseph Foster, ''Members of Parliament, Scotland'' (1882
p. 272
* 1600: Kynynmound of Craigie Hall * 1607, 1608, 1609: Sir Andrew Murray of BalvairdFoster
p. 263
During the

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, the sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross were jointly represented by one Member of Parliament in the

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at Westminster. After

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, the Parliament of Scotland was again summoned to meet in Edinburgh.

References

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