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• Zetland County Council
  ...[1890]], and the body lasted until 1975. It was replaced by the [[Shetland Islands Council]] on May 1st [[1974]], following a merger with the [[Lerwick Town C ...nvenor, while later other positions were added, such as Treasurer and Dean of Guild.
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• Yell South (Constituency)
  ...[[Shetland Islands Council]]. Following this it remained the constituency of Yell South until 1999 *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1974|1974]] - [[Robert Stewart Gray]]
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• Yell North And Fetlar (Constituency)
  ...1974]] for the [[Shetland Islands Council]]. The constituency was born out of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and continued to elect councillors *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1974|1974]] - [[David Johnston]]
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• Yell North (Constituency)
  ...ty Council merged with the [[Lerwick Town Council]] to form the [[Shetland Islands Council]].
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• Yell (Constituency)
  ...'''[[Yell]]''' only ever saw three elections. Since [[1890]], constituents of Yell had fallen under [[Yell North (Constituency|Yell North]] or [[Yell Sou *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1999|1999]] - [[John Nicolson]]
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• William Tait
  ...8]], Ireland, Bigton, Sandwick) is a former whaler, crofter and [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor first for [[Dunrossness North (Constituency)|Dunrossness North *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1978|1978 Shetland Islands Council election]]
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• William Stove
  ...Nicolson 'Billy' Stove''' (b. 6 May 1941, Lerwick) is a former [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor who represented [[Lerwick Clickimin (Constituency)|Lerwick Cli *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1994|1994 Shetland Islands Council election]]
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• William Smith (iv)
  ...ht|Bill Smith's Provost portrait.<br>Image kindly provided by the Shetland Islands Council]] ...r, [[Lerwick Town Council]]lor, [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor and member of numerous other public bodies. In total, he was a councillor for 32 years wh
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• William Sinclair
  ...of the [[Lerwick Town Council]].<br>Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council]] ...876]], [[Quarff]], d. 10 May [[1945]], [[Lerwick]]) was a baker, a Provost of the [[Lerwick Town Council]], and a [[County Council]]lor. He was also ''Wo
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• William Robb
  ...shire, d. 14 June [[2005]], Troon, Ayrshire) was a minister for the Church of Scotland and a [[County Council]]lor for [[Delting South (Constituency)|Del He was a Church of Scotland minister for Delting and was ordained on 17 June [[1968]], retirin
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• William Ratter
  ...)|Delting West]] from 1994 until 2007 then [[Shetland North (Constituency)|Shetland North]] since 2012. *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1994|1994 Shetland Islands Council election]]
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• William Playfair
  ...[1924]], d. 16 November [[1999]]) was a quantity surveyor and a [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor for [[Unst (Constituency)|Unst]] between [[1978]] and [[1982]] He was also the vice-chair of the Shetland Conservative Association.
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• William Manson
  ...s Councillor]], most recently representing [[Shetland North (Constituency)|Shetland North]] from 2007 to 2012. He is a former chairman of Viking Energy.
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• William Hay
  '''William Hay of Hayfield''' (b. 8 October [[1787]], [[Lerwick]], d. 28 May [[1858]], Lerwic ...prosecution of the fisheries, improvement of agriculture and construction of roads throughout the county.&quot;''
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• William Fox
  ...ependent candidate for the [[2011 Scottish Parliament Election, Orkney and Shetland Result|2011 Scottish Parliament election]]. ...d the environmental anti-Viking Energy windfarm pressure group Sustainable Shetland, which grew to over 800 members under his leadership.
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• William Conochie
  ...of the [[Lerwick Town Council]].<br>Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council]] [[Image:William Conochie - Shetland Museum and Archives LS01229.jpg|thumb|right|180px|W.K.Conochie and Mrs Gibb
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• William Anderson (ii)
  ...[[1919]], d. 8 August [[2003]], Lerwick) was a schoolmaster and [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor for [[Scalloway (Constituency)|Scalloway]] between [[1982]] an ...way seat at the [[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1994|1994 Shetland Islands Council election]].
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• Whiteness And Weisdale (Constituency)
  ...hen the County Council merged with the Town Council to form the [[Shetland Islands Council]]. Whiteness &amp; Weisdale is one of the more stable constituencies in Shetland, with only 9 different representatives over 83 years and only two by-electi
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• Whiteness, Weisdale And Tingwall (Constituency)
  ...isdale and Tingwall''' first begun electing in [[1974]] for the [[Shetland Islands Council]] until 1999 when it was absorbed into other constituencies..
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• Whalsay and Skerries By-Election March 1993
  ...ay And Skerries]] By-Election''' occurred on 19 March. Following the death of [[Henry Stewart]], Hazel Simpson was elected unopposed. [[Category:Shetland Islands Council]]
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• Whalsay And Skerries (Constituency)
  ...[[Shetland Islands Council]]. Following this it remained the constituency of [[Whalsay And Skerries]] until 1999. *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1974|1974]] - [[Frederick Dainty]]
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• Walls (Constituency)
  ...ty Council merged with the [[Lerwick Town Council]] to form the [[Shetland Islands Council]].
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• Vaila Wishart
  ...tland Islands Council]]lor, representing [[Shetland Central (Constituency)|Shetland Central]] since 2012. ...er as a journalist. She worked at Radio Shetland and was the editor of the Shetland Times for 14 years.
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• Unst South (Constituency)
  ...ty Council merged with the [[Lerwick Town Council]] to form the [[Shetland Islands Council]].
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• Unst (Constituency)
  ...1974]] for the [[Shetland Islands Council]]. The constituency was born out of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and continued to elect councillors *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1974|1974]] - [[Alan Fraser]]
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• Unst North (Constituency)
  ...ty Council merged with the [[Lerwick Town Council]] to form the [[Shetland Islands Council]].
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• Tingwall (Constituency)
  ...ty Council merged with the [[Lerwick Town Council]] to form the [[Shetland Islands Council]].
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• Thomas Stove
  ..., Wart, Sandwick) is a former [[Zetland County Council]]lor and [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor for [[Sandwick (Constituency)|Sandwick]]. ===Shetland Islands Council===
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• Thomas Manson (ii)
  ...thumb|right|200px|T.M.Y. Manson beside the St Clair.&lt;br&gt;Photo from [[Shetland Museum and Archives]].]] ...d. 23 January 1996, Lerwick) was an author, editor, scholar and [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor.
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• Theodore Smith
  ...land Islands Council]]lor, representing the [[Shetland West (Constituency)|Shetland West]] since 2012. *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2012|2012 Shetland Islands Council election]]
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• Tavish Scott
  ...etland, a post he has held since 1999. He was also previously a [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor and led the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2008 until 2011.. ...eventually returning to Shetland where he became a farmer and a [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor.
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• Steven Coutts
  '''Steven William Coutts''' (b. 18 November 1982, Lerwick) is a [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor, representing the [[North Isles (Constituency)|North Isles]] s ...runs a business consultancy out of Yell, and has undertaken work on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust.
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• Shetland West (Constituency)
  ...ndaries for the [[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2007|2007 Shetland Islands Council election]] elected multiple councillors. '''[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2007|2007]]'''
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• Shetland South (Constituency)
  ...ndaries for the [[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2007|2007 Shetland Islands Council election]] elected multiple councillors. '''[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2007|2007]]'''
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• Shetland North (Constituency)
  ...ndaries for the [[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2007|2007 Shetland Islands Council election]] elected multiple councillors. '''[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2007|2007]]'''
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• Shetland Islands Council
  ...il''' is the local governmental authority for Shetland. The responsibility of the council include roads, health, education, council tax, and culture. ...om in Shetland in the latter part of the 20th century, the council was one of the richest in Britain, if measured on a by-person basis.
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• Shetland Central (Constituency)
  ...ndaries for the [[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2007|2007 Shetland Islands Council election]] elected multiple councillors. '''[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 2007|2007]]'''
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• Scalloway (Constituency)
  ...1974]] for the [[Shetland Islands Council]]. The constituency was born out of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and continued to elect councillors *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1974|1974]] - [[Andrew Irvine]]
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• Sandwick By-Election May 1987
  ...uency)|Sandwick]] By-Election''' occurred on 21 May due to the resignation of sitting member [[Malcolm Bray]]. [[Category:Shetland Islands Council]]
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• Sandwick (Constituency)
  ...tland Islands Council]]. Following the merge, it remained the constituency of Sandwick until 2007. *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1974|1974]] - [[Thomas Stove]]
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• Sandsting (Constituency)
  ...hen the County Council merged with the Town Council to form the [[Shetland Islands Council]].
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• Sandness And Walls (Constituency)
  ...1974]] for the [[Shetland Islands Council]]. The constituency was born out of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and continued to elect councillors *[[Shetland Islands Council Election May 1974|1974]] - [[Williamina Tait]]
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• Sandness (Constituency)
  ...hen the County Council merged with the Town Council to form the [[Shetland Islands Council]].
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• Robert Stout (i)
  ...of the [[Lerwick Town Council]].<br>Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council]] *[http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I86036&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page]
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• Robert Sinclair
  ...hy evidence to the Truck Commission in 1872 about the hosiery trade in the islands. ...important notes on Shetland folklore and folk-life, which appear in ''The Shetland Folk Book'', 9, 1995. With [[Arthur Laurenson]] and other Lerwegians with a
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• Robert Ollason
  ...of the [[Lerwick Town Council]].<br>Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council]] ...Council]] between [[1919]] to [[1936]], and [[1945]] to [[1960]], a total of 32 years. He also represented [[Whalsay And Skerries (Constituency)|Whalsay
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• Robert Henderson
  The name '''Robert Henderson''' refers to various individuals in Shetland's political history: ...ert Henderson]] of Holland, Burgh and Shire Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland in 1617.
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• Robert Ganson (i)
  ...of the [[Lerwick Town Council]].<br>Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council]] ...He grew Ganson Bros to be the largest and most extensive hiring company in Shetland. This progress was driven by the company's ability to keep up with developm
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• Robert Bruce
  ...Housing Association Ltd.]] from [[1975]] - [[1983]].&lt;br&gt;Photo from [[Shetland Museum]] and Archives]] ..., Burma, d. 17 August [[1983]], Sandwick, Shetland) was Lord Lieutenant of Shetland and [[County Councillor]]. He resided at Sandlodge, Sandwick.
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• Robert Blance
  ...of the [[Lerwick Town Council]].<br>Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council]] ...workers.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This picture is from the early 1920's and is of all the Post Office Staff. [[Robert Blance]] can be seen in the back row, s
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