Dollar Town Council 1891

The first Town Council meeting took place in the St James Hall or Athenaeum (now part of the Strathallan Hotel) on 16th March 1891.

James B. Henderson was elected Chief Magistrate. In 1893, a change in the law allowed him to adopt the ancient title of Provost.

Until local government reorganisation in 1975, Dollar ran its own affairs efficiently and cheaply, although not without occasional controversy. All the Provosts are shown below. The most famous, Lavinia Malcolm, was both the first Lady Provost and first lady town councillor in Scotland.


1891 - 1893 Provost J. Henderson	1893 - 1896 Provost D. Westwood	1896 - 1899 Provost R. Malcolm

1899 - 1902 Provost J. Drysdale	1902 - 1908 Provost M. Fischer	1908 - 1913 and 1919 - 1925 Provost. J. B. Green

1913 - 1919 Provost L. Malcolm	1925 - 1931 Provost S. F. Butchart	1931 - 1937 Provost C. Allsopp

1937 - 1939 Provost R. Waddell	1939 - 1943 Provost J. Scott	1943 - 1946 Provost P. Walton

1946 - 1950 Provost A. M. Cowan	1950 - 1953 Provost J. C. Shaw	1953 - 1956 Provost J. Hewitt

1956 - 1962 Provost J. Muckersie	1962 - 1965 Provost J. M. Miller	1965 - 1968 Provost H. Moss

1968 - 1971 Provost W. Y. Galloway	1971 - 1975 Provost E. M. M. Breingan shown with the last Dollar Town Council in 1975

by Janet Carolan, Curator, Dollar Museum.

Dollar, Clackmannanshire

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