Robert Strachan

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Robert Strachan (b. 1926, Peterhead, d. 15 February 1997, Aberdeen) was a Post Office Engineer, a County Councillor for Burra and a Lerwick Town Councillor between 1959 and 1962.

He unsuccessfully contested the 1953 and the 1961 Lerwick Town Council election.

Political Career

Lerwick Town Council

Zetland County Council

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Zetland County Council
Preceded by
James Pottinger
Member for
Burra

1955-1959
Succeeded by
Alexander Bennet
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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)