Commissioner (Scottish Parliament)

A commissioner was a legislator appointed or elected to represent a royal burgh or shire in the pre-Union Scottish Parliament and the associated Convention of the Estates. Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy are equivalent terms in other countries.

Legislature
Chambers
  • Tricameralism
  • Multicameralism
  • Upper house (Senate)
  • Lower house
Parliament
Parliamentary procedure
Types
  • Parliament (Member of Parliament)
  • The Estates (States-General)
Legislatures by country

The Scottish Parliament (also known as the Three Estates) and the Convention of the Estates were unicameral legislatures, so commissioners sat alongside prelates (the first estate) and members of the nobility (the second estate).

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