Lord Provost of Glasgow

The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. Elected by the city councillors, the Lord Provost serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. The office is equivalent in many ways to the institution of mayor that exists in the cities of many other countries.

The Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow, by virtue of office, is also: Lord-Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow and a Commissioner of Northern Lighthouses.

Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a provost, but it is only the four main cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee that have a Lord Provost, who also serves as the lord lieutenant for the city. This is codified in the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The current Lord Provost of Glasgow, elected to the position in 2017, is Eva Bolander. The Lord Provost of Glasgow has the use of an official limousine which is always black and always carries the registration plate "G0".....

15th Century

• 1450 1453-1479 John Stewart
• 1480 Sir Thomas Stewart of Minto
• 1485–1489 Robert Stewart
• 1491 Andrew Otterburn
• 1497 Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
• 1498 Sir Patrick Blacader of Tulliallan
• 1498–1499 John Stewart

16th Century

• 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
• 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
• 1578–1579 Robert Stewart, 7th Earl of Lennox
• 1580 Esmé Stewart, 8th Earl of Lennox
• 1581–1582 Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto
• 1583 John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose
• 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

17th Century

• 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

18th Century

• 1701–1703 Sir Hugh Montgomery
• 1703–1705 John Anderson III
• 1705–1707 John Aird
• 1707–1709 Robert Rodger
• 1709–1711 John Aird
• 1711–1713 Robert Rodger
• 1713–1715 John Aird
• 1715–1717 John Bowman I
• 1717–1719 John Aird
• 1719–1721 John Bowman I
• 1721–1723 John Aird
• 1723–1725 Charles Miller
• 1725–1727 John Stark
• 1727–1728 James Peadie II
• 1728–1730 John Stirling
• 1730–1732 Peter Murdoch of Rosehill
• 1732–1734 Hugh Rodger
• 1734–1736 Andrew Ramsay
• 1736–1738 John Coulter
• 1738–1740 Andrew Alton
• 1740–1742 Andrew Buchanan of Drumpellier
• 1742–1744 Lawrence Dinwiddie
• 1744–1746 Andrew Cochrane
• 1746–1748 John Murdoch of Rosebank
• 1748–1750 Andrew Cochrane
• 1750–1752 John Murdoch of Rosebank
• 1752–1754 John Brown
• 1754–1756 George Murdoch
• 1756–1758 Robert Christie
• 1758–1760 John Murdoch of Rosebank
• 1760–1762 Andrew Cochrane
• 1762–1764 Archibald Ingram
• 1764–1766 John Bowman II
• 1766–1768 George Murdoch
• 1768–1770 James Buchanan of Drumpellier
• 1770–1772 Colin Dunlop of Carmyle
• 1772–1774 Arthur Connell
• 1774–1776 James Buchanan of Drumpellier
• 1776–1778 Robert Donald
• 1778–1780 William French
• 1780 James Coats Campbell
• 1780–1782 Hugh Wyllie
• 1782–1784 Patrick Colquhoun
• 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 of Rosebank
• 1796–1798 James McDowall
• 1798–1800 Lawrence Craigie

19th century

• 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 (Tory)
• 1814–1816 Henry Monteith
• 1816–1818 James Black
• 1818 Kirkman Finlay Tory
• 1818–1820 Henry Monteith
• 1820–1822 John Thomas Alston
• 1822–1824 William Smith of Carbeth Guthrie
• 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)
• 1834–1837 William Mills (Whig)
• 1837–1840 Henry Dunlop of Craigton FRSE (Whig)
• 1840–1843 Sir James Campbell (Conservative)
• 1843–1846 James Lumsden (Whig)
• 1846–1848 Alexander Hastie (Whig)
• 1848–1851 Sir James Anderson
• 1851–1854 Robert Stewart
• 1854–1857 Sir Andrew Orr (Liberal)
• 1857–1860 Andrew Galbraith
• 1860–1863 Peter Clouston
• 1863–1866 John Blackie (Liberal)
• 1866–1869 Sir James Lumsden (Liberal)
• 1869–1871 William Rae Arthur
• 1871–1874 Sir James Watson
• 1874–1877 Sir James Bain
• 1877–1880 Sir William Collins (Liberal)
• 1880–1883 John Ure
• 1883–1886 Sir William McOnie
• 1886–1889 Sir James King, Bt.
• 1889–1892 Sir John Muir, Bt.
• 1892–1896 Sir James Bell, Bt.
• 1896–1899 Sir David Richmond

20th century

• 1899–1902 Sir Samuel Chisholm (Liberal)
• 1902–1905 Sir John Ure Primrose (Conservative)
• 1905–1908 Sir William Bilsland
• 1908–1911 Sir Archibald McInnes Shaw (Conservative)
• 1911–1914 Sir Daniel Macaulay Stevenson (Liberal)
• 1914–1917 Sir Thomas Dunlop, Bt (Conservative)
• 1917–1920 Sir James Stewart
• 1920–1923 Sir Thomas Paxton
• 1923–1926 Sir Matthew Walker Montgomery
• 1926–1929 Sir David Mason OBE
• 1929–1932 Sir Thomas Kelly
• 1932–1935 Sir Alexander B Swan (Moderate)
• 1935–1938 Sir John Stewart (Labour)
• 1938–1941 Sir Patrick Dollan (Labour)
• 1941–1943 John McLaren Biggar (Labour)
• 1943–1945 James Welsh (Labour)
• 1945–1949 Sir Hector McNeill (Labour)
• 1949–1952 Sir Victor Warren Progressive
• 1952–1955 Thomas Kerr (Labour)
• 1955–1958 Andrew Hood (Labour)
• 1958–1960 Sir Myer Galpern (Labour)
• 1960–1963 Dame Jean Roberts (Independent Labour)
• 1963–1965 Sir Peter Meldrum (Labour)
• 1965–1969 John Johnston (Labour)
• 1969–1972 Sir Donald Liddle (Progressive)
• 1972 John Mains (Labour)
• 1972–1975 Sir William Gray (Labour)
• 1975–1977 Peter McCann (Labour)
• 1977–1980 David Hodge (Labour)
• 1980–1984 Michael Kelly (Labour)
• 1984–1988 Robert Gray (Labour)
• 1988–1992 Susan Baird (Labour)
• 1992–1994 Robert Innes (Labour)
• 1994–1995 James Shields (Labour)
• 1995–1996 Tommy Dingwall Labour
• 1996–1999 Pat Lally (Labour)
• 1999–2003 Alex Mosson (Labour)

21st Century

• 2003–2007 Liz Cameron (Labour)
• 2007–2012 Bob Winter (Labour)
• 2012–2017 Sadie Docherty (Labour)
• 2017–present Eva Bolander (Scottish National Party)

Research Links:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_provosts_of_Glasgow