John Sinclair

John Sinclair as Provost of the Lerwick Town Council.
Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council

John Thomas James Sinclair (b. 2 March 1874, Graven, Delting, d. 7 December 1935, Perth) was a herring exporter, clerk, Lerwick Town Councillor first between 1904 to 1906 and later from 1915 to 1933 and a County Councillor between 1921 and 1928.

He unsuccessfully contested the Delting South seat in the 1919 County Council election and the 1933 Lerwick Town Council election.

Political Career

Provosts
Preceded by James Laing	Provost for Lerwick Town Council 1927-1930	Succeeded by William Sinclair

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 James Pottinger	Member for Lerwick Central 1921-1928	Succeeded by James White

Lerwick Central County Councillors
_Councillors	_{John Robertson (1890-1904) • James Jamieson (1904-1919) • James Pottinger (1919-1921) • John Sinclair (1921-1928) • James White (1928-1929)}