List of Lords Provost of Dundee

The Lord Provost of Dundee is the chairman of the local authority of Dundee 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 role of mayor that exists in other countries.

Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a Provost. Only the four largest cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee) that have a Lord Provost. The current Lord Provost of Dundee is Robert James "Bob" Duncan (born 1946). Duncan took office on 21 May 2012.

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.

List of Provosts and Lord Provosts

As Provost
 1482: David Rollok
 1483: Robert Graham of Fintry
 1483 – 1484: David Aberkirdor
 1485 – 1492: James Rollok
 1492 – 1497: James Scrymgeour, (Constable of Dundee)
 1497 – 1498: Robert Graham of Fintry
 1504 – 1509: James Rollok
 1509 – 1513: Alexander Ogilvie
 1513: Lord Gray
 1513: Andrew Abercrombie
 1513 – 1514: Earl of Crauford
 1514 – 1516: James Rollok
 1516 – 1520: James Scrymgeour, (Constable of Dundee)
 1520 – 1523: Alexander Ogilvie
 1523 – 1525: William Carmichael of Carpow
 1526 – 1528: John Scrymgeour of Glaister
 1528 – 1530: James Scrymgeour, (Constable of Dundee)
 1531 – 1532: John Barrie
 1543 – 1544: Walter Scrymgeour of Glaswell
 1544 – 1545: Robert Myln
 1550: James Dog of Dunrobbene
 1551 – 1565: James Halyburton
 1565 – 1566: Earl of Crauford
 1566 – 1586: James Halyburton
 1586 – 1590: James Scrymgeour of Dudhope
 1590 – 1592: James Forrester
 1592 – 1593: James Auchinlek
 1593 – 1609: Sir James Scrymgeour
 1609 – 1614: William Duncan
 1614 – 1626: William Auchinlek
 1626 – 1631: Thomas Halyburton
 1631 – 1633: Thomas Auchinlek
 1633 – 1637: Thomas Davidson
 1637 – 1643: James Fletcher
 1643 – 1646: James Piersoun
 1646 – 1650: William Kinneris (Kinnear)
 1650 – 1658: Thomas Mudy
 1658 – 1659: Sir Thomas Mudy
 1659 – 1666: Alexander Wedderburn
 1666 – 1667: George Fletcher
 1667 – 1669: George Brown
 1669 – 1670: John Tarbet
 1670 – 1672: Alexander Watson
 1672 – 1677: George Brown
 1677 – 1681: Alexander Wedderburn of Easter Powrie
 1681 – 1685: Alexander Duncan
 1685 – 1686: James Fletcher
 1686: Election of Provosts not allowed by King James VII
 1686 – 1687: Major General John Graham of Claverhouse
 1687 – 1688: James Fletcher
 1688 – 1689: Major General John Graham of Claverhouse
 1689 – 1698: James Fletcher
 1698 – 1700: Alexander Blair
 1700 – 1702: John Scrymgeour
 1702 – 1704: John Duncan
 1704 – 1706: Alexander Blair
 1706 – 1708: George Yeaman
 1708 – 1710: Alexander Blair
 1710 – 1712: George Yeaman
 1712 – 1714: Magister Henry Guthrie
 1714 – 1716: Alexander Ballingall
 1716 – 1717: John Scrymgeour
 1717 – 1719: Magister Alexander Duncan of Lundie
 1719 – 1721: John Scrymgeour
 1721 – 1723: Thomas Bower
 1723 – 1725: David Maxwell
 1725 – 1727: George Ramsay
 1727 – 1728: Alexander Ferrier
 1728 – 1731: James Fairweather
 1731 – 1732: Alexander Robertson
 1732 – 1735: James Fairweather
 1735 – 1736: Patrick Maxwell
 1736 – 1738: Andrew Wardropper
 1738 – 1741: John Donaldson
 1741 – 1742: Alexander Robertson
 1742 – 1744: Patrick Yeaman of Blacklaw
 1744 – 1747: Alexander Duncan of Lundie
 1747 – 1748: Patrick Yeaman of Blacklaw
 1748 – 1750: George Yeaman of Balbeuchly
 1750 – 1753: Patrick Yeaman of Blacklaw
 1753 – 1754: Andrew Wardropper
 1754 – 1757: Patrick Yeaman
 1757 – 1758: Andrew Wardropper
 1758 – 1761: George Yeaman
 1761 – 1762: Patrick Yeaman
 1762 – 1764: John Halyburton
 1764 – 1766: John Barclay
 1766 – 1768: Patrick Maxwell
 1768 – 1770: George Maxwell
 1770 – 1772: Patrick Maxwell
 1772 – 1774: Henry Geekie
 1774 – 1776: Patrick Maxwell
 1776 – 1778: George Maxwell of Balmyle
 1778 – 1780: Henry Geekie
 1780 – 1782: Patrick Maxwell
 1782 – 1784: John Pitcairn
 1784 – 1786: Patrick Maxwell
 1786 – 1788: John Pitcairn
 1788 – 1790: Alexander Riddoch
 1790 – 1792: James Johnston
 1792 – 1794: Alexander Riddoch
 1794 – 1796: Alexander Thoms
 1796 – 1798: Alexander Riddoch
 1798 – 1800: Alexander Thoms
 1800 – 1802: Alexander Riddoch
 1802 – 1804: John Guild
 1804 – 1807: Alexander Riddoch
 1807 – 1808: John Guild
 1808 – 1810: Alexander Riddoch
 1810 – 1812: John Guild
 1812 – 1814: Alexander Riddoch
 1814 – 1816: John Guild
 1816 – 1818: Alexander Riddoch
 1818 – 1820: Patrick Anderson
 1820 – 1822: David Brown
 1822 – 1824: Patrick Anderson
 1824 – 1826: David Brown
 1826 – 1828: Alexander Balfour
 1828 – 1830: Thomas Bell
 1831: Robert Jobson
 1831 – 1833: William Lindsay
 1833 – 1839: Alexander Kay
 1839 – 1841: William Hackney
 1841: – William Johnstone
 1841 – 1844: Alexander Lawson
 1844 – 1847: James Brown
 1847 – 1853: Patrick Hunter Thoms
 1853 – 1856: George Rough
 1856 – 1858: John Ewan
 1858: David Rollo
 1858 – 1861: David Jobson
 1861 – 1867: Charles Parker
 1867 – 1869: William Hay
 1869 – 1872: James Yeaman
 1872 – 1875: James Cox
 1875 – 1878: William Robertson
 1878 – 1881: William Brownlee
 1881 – 1884: Alexander Hay Moncur
 1884 – 1887: Hugh Ballingall
 1887 – 1890: William Hunter

As Lord Provost
 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
 1946 – 1949: Archibald Powrie
 1949: John Campsie Adamson
 1949 – 1952: Richard Fenton
 1952 – 1954: William Black
 1954 – 1960: William Hughes
 1960 – 1968: Maurice McManus
 1968 – 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
 1984 – 1992: Thomas Mitchell
 1992 – 1995: Thomas M. McDonald
 1995 – 1996: Norman A. McGowan
 1996 – 1999: Mervyn J. Rolfe
 1999 – 2003: Helen Wright
 2003 – 2012: John Letford
 2012 – present: Robert Duncan

References

Dundee
Lists of politicians
Scottish politicians