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[[File:Robert Blance Provost.png|right|250px|thumb|Robert Blance as Provost of the [[Lerwick Town Council]].<br>Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council]]
[[Image:Postalworkers.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This picture is from the early 1920's and is of all the Post Office Staff. [[Robert Blance]] can be seen in the back row, second from the right. Also in this photo is [[John Gear]], councillor, in the front row third from the right (his face is partially covered in shadow), [[Charles Manson]], councillor, back row second from the left and [[William G. Smith]], also a councillor, next to him.]]
[[Image:Bowlers.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Lerwick Bowls club in Gilbertson Park, 1930's. 
Back Row: T. Hendry, John Duthie (Dentist), [[Laurence A. Cogle]], ?, Jimmy Macintosh, Mathewson (Tailor), Feint (Coastgaurd).
2nd Row: [[Robert Blance]] (former Provost), [[Henry Mouat]] (Tods LTD), George Inkster (Shop Keeper), [[John T. J. Sinclair]], ?, [[George H. Duffin]] (Pearl Insurance)
Front Row: ?, William Halcrow, ?, Jimmy Houston, Peter Laurenson (Shop Keeper), L Dalziel Sr (Painter), L.Robertson (Shop Keepter), Tommy Nicolson, ?]]
'''Robert Bruce Blance''' (b. 26 August [[1889]], [[Lerwick]], d. 2 October [[1963]], Lerwick) was a Post Office clerk, telegraphist and a [[Lerwick Town Council]]lor between [[1950]] and [[1962]].

He unsuccessfully contested the [[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1949|1949]] and the [[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1950|1950 Lerwick Town Council election]].

==Political Career==
*[[Lerwick Town Council By-Election September 1950]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1951]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1954]]
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election May 1957]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I123985&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page]

{{Provosts|Preceded by<br>'''[[William Conochie]]'''<br>[[File:William Conochie Headshot.png|40px]]|'''Provost<br>for [[Lerwick Town Council]]'''<br>1959-1962|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Harry Gray]]'''<br>[[File:Harry Gray Headshot.png|40px]]}}{{Template:LTCProvosts}}

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