Robert Blance

Robert Blance as Provost of the Lerwick Town Council.
Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council

Robert Bruce Blance (b. 26 August 1889, Lerwick, d. 2 October 1963, Lerwick) was a Post Office clerk, telegraphist and a Lerwick Town Councillor between 1950 and 1962.

He unsuccessfully contested the 1949 and the 1950 Lerwick Town Council election.

Biography

Robert worked his entire career for the Post Office, rising to the level of assistant postmaster by the time he retired around the late 1940's.

He was a staunch Labour Party supporter, serving as Secretary and Treasurer of the local branch.

Provosts
Preceded by William Conochie	Provost for Lerwick Town Council 1959-1962	Succeeded by Harry Gray

[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)}