List of provosts of Aberdeen

Charles III William, Duke of Rothesay Swinney government The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP Kate Forbes MSP Sixth session Alison Johnstone MSP Angela Constance MSP Dorothy Bain KC The Rt Hon Lord Carloway KC PC United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections Local elections Referendums Starmer ministry The Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP The Rt Hon Ian Murray MP The Lord Provost of Aberdeen is the convener of the Aberdeen City Council in Scotland.

They are equivalent in many ways to the institution of mayor that exists in many other countries.

According to Munro,[1] the provost of Aberdeen was elected on the first Monday after Michaelmas up to the end of the sixteenth century.

(Scotland) Act 1994[3] the title Lord Provost of Aberdeen was formally established in 1863 when Queen Victoria knighted Sir Alexander Anderson designing him 'Lord Provost of Aberdeen'.

[1] Since 1899, the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, has also been ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of the city.

painting of Alexander Anderson, by Sir George Reid. dark image of him standing, with a blue chair to his left.
Sir Alexander Anderson of Blelack, Provost of Aberdeen (1859 - 1865) by Sir George Reid
James Walker standing upright, one hand in pocket, wearing fur-trimmed red robe
James Walker, by Sir George Reid