John Henderson

John Percy Henderson (b. 2 May 1873, Setter, Burra, d. 16 November 1938, 40 Percy Gardens, Tynemouth) was a dentist in Lerwick, a Lerwick Town Councillor between 1916 and 1919, and County Councillor initially for Delting North between 1907 to 1913, then for Whiteness & Weisdale from 1914 to 1919, and finally for Burra between 1922 and 1938.

He unsuccessfully contested the Delting North seat at the 1913 County Council election.

Political Career

Zetland County Council
Preceded by William Pole	Member for Delting North 1907-1913	Succeeded by James Hay
Preceded by Peter Anderson	Member for Whiteness & Weisdale 1914-1919	Succeeded by William Sinclair
Preceded by George Anderson	Member for Burra 1922-1938	Succeeded by James Pottinger

Burra County Councillors
_Councillors	_{David Gray (1890-1898) • Henry Henderson (1898-1898) • Charles Lennie (1898-1909) • Robert Inkster (1909-1913) • Adam Jamieson (1913-1919) • George Anderson (1920-1922) • John Henderson (1922-1938) • James Pottinger (1938-1955) • Robert Strachan (1955-1959) • Alexander Bennet (1959-1964) • George Nelson (1964-1970) • Barbara Anderson (1970-1972) • William Cumming (1972-1975)}

Delting North County Councillors
_Councillors	_{Charles Hoseason (1890-1890) • John Inkster (1890-1890) • James Inkster (1890-1904) • William Pole (1904-1907) • John Henderson (1907-1913) • James Hay (1913-1922) • Joseph Pole (1922-1945) • James Hay (1945-1952) • Donald Sutherland (1952-1955) • John Sutherland (1955-1958) • Basil Neven-Spence (1958-1961) • William Marshall (1961-1963) • Andrew Peterson (1963-1964) • Andrew Tulloch (1964-1970) • Fraser Peterson (1970-1975)}

Whiteness and Weisdale County Councillors
_Councillors	_{John Robertson (1890-1904) • Peter Anderon (1904-1914) • John Henderson (1914-1919) • William Sinclair (1919-1925) • George Leslie (1925-1928) • Laurence Smith (1928-1945) • Anthony Anderson (1945-1970) • John Rae (1970-1973) • John Johnson (1973-1975)}