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[[File:James M Goudie Provost.png|right|250px|thumb|James Goudie as Provost of the [[Lerwick Town Council]].<br>Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council]]

'''James Mouat Goudie''' (b. 6 May [[1851]], [[Lerwick]], d. 17 October [[1928]], [[Lerwick]]) was an ironmonger, [[Lerwick Town Council]]lor between [[1888]] and [[1907]], spending the last three years (1904-7) as Provost, and [[County Council]]lor for [[Lerwick South (Constituency)|Lerwick South]] between [[1892]] and [[1901]], then from 1901 to [[1904]] for [[Cunningsburgh (Constituency)|Cunningsburgh]]. Goudie was also a keen antiquary; after his death his large book collection about Shetland was acquired by Lerwick Town Council, and is now in the Shetland Archives.

He was the joint secretary of the Shetland Literary and Scientific Society.

He was offered the opportunity to fill the a vacancy at the [[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1876|1880 Lerwick Town Council election]] but turned the offer down.

His grandfather, [[James Mouat (i)|James]], and his uncle [[James Mouat (ii)|James Mouat]] were also [[Lerwick Town Council]]lors.
==Political Career==
===Lerwick Town Council===
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1888]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1891]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1894]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1897]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1900]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1903]]

===Zetland County Council===
*[[Lerwick South County Council By-Election January 1891]]
*[[County Council Election December 1892|1892 County Council election]]
*[[County Council Election December 1895|1895 County Council election]]
*[[County Council Election December 1898|1898 County Council election]]
*[[County Council Election December 1901|1901 County Council election]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I68965&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page]

{{Provosts|Preceded by<br>'''[[John Leisk]]'''<br>[[File:John Leisk Headshot.png|40px]]|'''Provost<br>for [[Lerwick Town Council]]'''<br>1904-1907|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Arthur Porteous]]'''<br>[[File:Arthur Porteous Headshot.png|40px]]}}{{Template:LTCProvosts}}
{{CountyCouncillors3|'''Constituency created'''|'''Member for<br>[[Sandness (Constituency)|Sandness]]'''<br>1890-1891|Succeeded by<br>'''[[James Cullen Grierson]]'''<br>[[File:JCGrierson.jpg|40px]]|Preceded by<br>'''[[Arthur Laurenson]]'''|'''Member for<br>[[Lerwick South (Constituency)|Lerwick South]]'''<br>1891-1901|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Arthur Laing]]'''<br>[[File:A L Laing Headshot.png|40px]]|Preceded by<br>'''[[John Tulloch (iii)|John Tulloch]]'''|'''Member for<br>[[Cunningsburgh (Constituency)|Cunningsburgh]]'''<br>1901-1904|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Stout]]'''}}{{Template:CunningsburghZCC}}{{Template:LerwickSouthZCC}}

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