Strathspey, Scotland and continues North along the A9 towards Newtonmore, Kingussie, Aviemore and on towards Grantown-on-Spey. The Canadian merchant Robert Simpson, founder of Simpson's department store, was born there in 1834. Speyside is one of the main centres of the Scotch whisky industry, with a high concentration of single malt distilleries in the region, including the Glenfiddich and Balvenie distilleries. Strathspey, Scotland Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic, "Srath Spè") is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland. The term Strathspey usually refers to the upper part
Moray (UK Parliament constituency) membership referendum at 50.1% "Remain" 49.9% "Leave". 1983-1997: Moray District. 1997-2005: The Moray District electoral divisions of Buckie, Burghsea, Elgin North East, Elgin South West, Ernedal, Innes-Heldon, Rathford-Lennox, and Speyside-Glenlivet. 2005-present: The Moray Council area. The constituency covers the whole of the Moray council area. Between 1997 and 2005, it covered a slightly smaller area. A similar constituency, also called Moray, is used for elections to the Scottish Parliament. The seat is bordered by the constituencies of Banff and Buchan, Gordon, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of