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''For other people with the same name, see [[James Pottinger]].''

[[Image:Janetcourtnyopening.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[Anderson High School#Janet Courtney Hostel|Janet Courtney Hostel]] for boys opening ceremony, platform party.
Left to right front row - [[James Pottinger (ii)|James Pottinger]], P. Inglis - Carnegie UK Trustee, Sir [[Basil Neven-Spence]] - M.P., E. Salter Davies - chairman of trustees, Lt. Col. [[Magnus Shearer (i)|Magnus Shearer]] - chairman of education committee

Back row left to right - J. Cunningham - trustee, J. Pirie Glen - Carnegie trust treasurer, J. Shearer - architect of hostel, J. Wilkie - Carnegie trust secretary, Rev. W.C.B. Smith - [[Lerwick Parish Church|St. Columbas]], Lerwick.&lt;br&gt;Photo from [[Shetland Museum and Archives]].]]
'''James Pottinger''' (b. 7 April [[1897]], Setter, [[Burra]], d. 27 February [[1980]], Lerwick) was a general merchant and [[County Council]]lor first for [[Burra (Constituency)|Burra]] between [[1938]] and [[1955]], then for Sandwick between [[1955]] and [[1958]], and finally for [[Whalsay And Skerries (Constituency)|Whalsay And Skerries]] between [[1964]] and [[1973]].

He unsuccessfully contested the Burra seat in the [[County_Council_Election_May_1955#Burra_and_Quarff|1955 County Council election]] and the Tingwall seat at the [[County_Council_Election_May_1964#Tingwall|1964 election]].  
==Political Career==
*[[County Council Election December 1938]]
*[[County Council Election December 1945]]
*[[County Council Election May 1949]]
*[[County Council Election May 1952]]
*[[Sandwick County Council By-Election July 1955]]
*[[Whalsay And Skerries County Council By-Election July 1964]]
*[[County Council Election May 1967]]
*[[County Council Election May 1970]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I88244&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page]

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[[Category: 1980 Deaths]]