Florence Grains
Florence Barbara Grains (neé Abernethy) (b. 2 November 1932, Whiteness) is a former Shetland Islands Councillor first elected in 1978. She decided to retire from a lengthy council career in 2012.
She unsuccessfully contested the Whiteness, Weisdale & Tingwall seat at the 1982 Shetland Islands Council election
Political Career
Grains was first elected at the 1978 for Whiteness, Weisdale And Tingwall ward, beating Alexander Arthur and John G. Rae to the seat. She lost the seat to Cecil R. H. Eunson in the 1982 election. For the 1986 election she stood for the Aithsting And Sandsting seat as an independent and won, beating Harold Leask, also independent. For the following four elections, 1990, 1994, 1999 and 2003, she was unopposed. When in 2007, the boundaries of constituencies in Shetland were completely redefined, Aithsing and Sandsting was incorporated into Shetland West, a three-member ward. Grains stood and was elected together with Frank Robertson and Gary Robinson.
Shetland Islands Council
- 1978 Shetland Islands Council election
- 1986 Shetland Islands Council election
- 1990 Shetland Islands Council election
- 1994 Shetland Islands Council election
- 1999 Shetland Islands Council election
- 2003 Shetland Islands Council election
- 2007 Shetland Islands Council election
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| Shetland Islands Council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Johnson |
Member for Whiteness, Weisdale and Tingwall 1978-1982 |
Succeeded by Cecil R. H. Eunson |
| Preceded by Alexander Tulloch |
Member for Aithsting and Sandsting 1986-2007 |
Constituency abolished |
| Constituency created | Member for Shetland West 2007-2012 with Frank Robertson & Gary Robinson |
Succeeded by Theo Smith with Frank Robertson & Gary Robinson |
