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[[Image:Ajohnson.JPG|thumb|right|Arthur Johnson in 1958.]]
[[Image:Arthur Johnson - Shetland Museum and Archives RY00054.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Arthur Johnson in 1970.&lt;br&gt;Photo from [[Shetland Museum]].]]
'''Arthur 'Ertie' Johnson''' (b. 7 September [[1888]], Weathersta, [[Delting]], d. 12 October [[1978]], [[Lerwick]]) was a draper at 109 Commercial Street, (currently Millers Opticians) a [[Lerwick Town Council]]lor sporadically between [[1941]] and [[1967]] and a [[County Council]]lor between 1967 and 1970. Much of his appointments to the Lerwick Town Council were through by-elections.

He was the convener of the Finance Committee, 1 July 1947 and Dean of Guild on 9 May 1952

Initially, he was elected in [[1941]], and was a councillor until [[1945]]. He was then elected soon after via a by-election in the same year and lasted until 1949. Once again, he was by-elected into the council in the same year and represented until 1955. For the third time in a row, he was elected once again soon after the [[1955]] election, and was in the council until [[1958]] when he failed to get elected. Following a resignation in the council he was once ''again'' co-opted into the council in [[1958]] and represented until [[1961]]. His final stint, and his most stable, was between [[1962]] and [[1967]]. Following his on-and-off Town Council experience, he spent his final 3 years in public life as a [[County Council]]lor for [[Fetlar (Constituency)|Fetlar]] (1967-[[1970]]). In his later years, he stayed in the St. Magnus rectory, although not through having a religious background.

He unsuccessfully contested the [[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1938|1938]], [[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1938|1945]], [[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1949|1949]], [[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1955|1955]], [[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1958|1958]], [[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1961|1961]] and the [[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1967|1967 Lerwick Town Council elections.]]

==Political Career==
===Lerwick Town Council===
*[[Lerwick Town Council By-Election July 1941]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council By-Election December 1945]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1946]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council By-Election September 1949]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1950]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1952]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council By-Election May 1955]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1956]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council By-Election June 1958]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1959]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1962]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1964]]

===Zetland County Council===
*[[Fetlar County Council By-Election September 1967]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I180461&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page]

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[[Category:Zetland County Councillors]]
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[[Category: 1888 Births]]
[[Category: 1978 Deaths]]