William Sinclair

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William Sinclair as Provost of the Lerwick Town Council.
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William 'Floorie' Sinclair (b. 26 September 1876, Quarff, d. 10 May 1945, Lerwick) was a baker, a Provost of the Lerwick Town Council, and a County Councillor.

He unsuccessfully contested the Burra seat at the 1913 Zetland County Council election, the Whiteness and Weisdale seat in the 1925 County Council election and the 1933 Lerwick Town Council election.

Biography

William was educated at St Magnus Walker's School before going on to the Anderson Institute. He apprenticed with Malcolmsons & Co as a baker, and he later joined John Black & Sons and became a foreman there. After leaving that job, he joined Andrew Blance at the Alexandra Bakery. He then left baking and became a School Attendance Officer for a period, before returning to his trade, rejoining Black & Sons, which he continued through to around the start of the 1940s.

He was a lifelong abstainer and a prominent member of the Independent Order Of Rechabites.

He was also Worthy Chief Guizer in 1901, and the Guizer Jarl for the Lerwick Up Helly Aa in 1908.

Political Career

Lerwick Town Council

Zetland County Council

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Provosts
Preceded by
John T. J. Sinclair
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for Lerwick Town Council
1930-1933 		Succeeded by
Robert Ollason
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[Expand]Leaders of the Lerwick Town Council
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)
Zetland County Council
Preceded by
John Henderson
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Whiteness & Weisdale
1919-1925 		Succeeded by
George Leslie
Preceded by
Simson Wallace 		Member for
Cunningsburgh
1927-1929 		Succeeded by
Henry Mouat
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[Expand]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)
[Expand]Cunningsburgh County Councillors
Councillors George Clark (1890-1896) • John Tulloch (1896-1901) • James Goudie (1901-1904) • Charles Stout (1904-1910) • Francis Pottinger (1910-1919) • Laurence Anderson (1919-1922) • Thomas Johnston (1922-1925) • Simson Wallace (1925-1927) • William Sinclair (1927-1929) • Henry Mouat (1929-1938) • Angus Gunn (1938-1940) • Laurence Laurenson (1940-1945) • St. Clair Pottinger (1945-1949) • Adam Halcrow (1949-1955) • Grace Halcrow (1955-1961) • Joan McLeod (1961-1975)
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