Arthur Porteous
From Shetland History Online
Arthur Porteous as Provost of the Lerwick Town Council.
Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council
Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council
File:AA Porteous - Shetland Museum and Archives M00044.jpg
Arthur, with his wife and daughters, outside Summerside Terrace, King Harald Street, July 1905.<br>Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.
Arthur Alexander Porteous (b. 17 May 1857, Stromness, Orkney, d. 7 July 1935, Gladsmuir, East Lothian) was a chemist with premises in Union Bank and he was also a Lerwick Town Councillor from 1887 to 1910
Political Career
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1887
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1890
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1893
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1896
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1899
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1902
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1905
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| Provosts | ||
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| Preceded by James M. Goudie 
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Provost for Lerwick Town Council 1907-1910 |
Succeeded by Arthur Laing 
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| Leaders of the Lerwick Town Council | ||
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| Councillors | Arthur Edmondston (1818-1823) • Charles Ogilvy Snr (1823-1827) • William Spence (1827-1832) • Charles Ogilvy Jr (1832-1844) • Joseph Leask (1844-1847) • William Sievwright Snr (1847-1856) • Charles Duncan (1856-1862) • Joseph Leask (1862-1865) • Charles Duncan (1865-1874) • William Sievwright Jr (1874-1876) • Thomas Cameron (1876-1883) • John Robertson (1883-1890) • Charles Robertson (1890-1895) • John Leisk (1895-1904) • James Goudie (1904-1907) • Arthur Porteous (1907-1910) • Arthur Laing (1910-1913) • Robert Stout (1913-1915) • Peter Goodlad (1915-1920) • Robert D. Ganson (1920-1924) • James Laing (1924-1927) • John Sinclair (1927-1930) • William Sinclair (1930-1933) • Robert Ollason (1933-1936) • James A. Smith (1936-1941) • Magnus Shearer (1941-1946) • James Aitken (1946-1950) • Robert A. Anderson (1950-1953) • George Burgess (1953-1956) • William Conochie (1956-1959) • Robert Blance (1959-1962) • Harry Gray (1962-1965) • Andrew Nicolson (1965-1967) • Eric Gray (1967-1971) • Bill Smith (1971-1974) • James Taylor (1974-1975) | |
