County Council Election December 1935
The 1935 County Council Election occurred on Tuesday 3 December. Sandwick, which had been split and merged with both Dunrossness North and Cunningsburgh respectively in 1932, was returned as a constituency.
It saw the election of the first ever female County Councillor, Selina Garriock, who was returned to the Tingwall seat.
Results
Aithsting
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Andrew D. Clark | Unopposed |
Bressay
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Norman O. M. Cameron | Unopposed |
Burra and Quarff
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John Percy Henderson | Unopposed |
Cunningsburgh
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Henry Mouat | Unopposed |
Delting North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Joseph Garfield Gordon Pole | Unopposed |
Delting South
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Edward Percival Adie | Unopposed |
Dunrossness North
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John J. Goudie | Unopposed |
Dunrossness South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William Laidlaw McDougall | Unopposed |
Fetlar
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Reverend William G. Carson | Unopposed |
Gulberwick
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Thomas Johnston | Unopposed |
Nesting And Lunnasting
Electorate: 374
Turnout: 174 (46.5%)
Rejected ballots: 1
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John Sutherland | 111 | |
Thomas J. Anderson | 49 | |
James Hay | 13 |
Northmavine North
Electorate: 251
Turnout: 131 (52.2%)
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James Johnson | 85 | |
John Tulloch | 46 |
Northmavine South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Arthur Irvine | Unopposed |
Sandness
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James A. Jamieson | Unopposed |
Sandsting
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Captain Hercules Arthurson | Unopposed |
Sandwick
Electorate: 476
Turnout: 265 (55.7%)
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William Thomson | 138 | |
Rev. A. S. Dingwall | 127 |
Tingwall
Electorate: 509
Turnout: 336
Rejected ballots: 1
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Selina Garriock | 228 | |
James P. Mouat | 107 |
Unst North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Charles G. D. Sandison | Unopposed |
Unst South
There was no nomination for this seat, see Unst South County Council By-Election February 1936.
Walls
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John Williamson | 89 | |
Andrew Halcrow | 85 |
Whalsay And Skerries
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Magnus Shearer | Unopposed |
Whiteness And Weisdale
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Laurence William Smith | Unopposed |
Yell North
Electorate: 307
Turnout: 137 (44.6%)
Rejected ballots: 4
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Robert J. Smith | Unopposed |
Yell South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Thomas R. Manson | Unopposed |