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[[Image:Willie Thomsons bus - Shetland Museumand Archives NE04557.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Shetland Museum]] photo from 1934, showing Willie Thomson's first bus.(Willie at the back of the bus)]]

'''William Thomson''' (b. 29 October [[1906]], Swinister, Sandwick, d. 22 December [[1959]], Sandwick), went in to business as a car hirer at Swinster, Sandwick sometime before [[1923]], which developed in to goods and passenger carrying work when a Model T Ford was purchased in or around that year. The business bought its first bus in [[1936]] and traded under the name &quot;Thomson&quot; until [[1962]] when it merged with the fellow Sandwick bus operator &quot;P. J. Smith&quot; to become the &quot;Sandwick Transport Co.&quot; In [[1940]] he bought the business of &quot;Thomson's Motor Garage&quot; in Lerwick from Charlie Thomson, situated on the Esplanade (now demolished}, which continued trading under the same business name and went on to become a Vauxhall - Bedford dealership.

He was [[County Council]]lor for [[Sandwick (Constituency)|Sandwick]] between [[1935]] and [[1955]].

==Political Career==
*[[County Council Election December 1935]]
*[[County Council Election December 1938]]
*[[County Council Election December 1945]]
*[[County Council Election May 1949]]
*[[County Council Election May 1952]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I167619&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page]

{{Conveners|Preceded by<br>'''[[Robert Ganson (ii)|Robert Ganson]]'''|'''Convener of the<br>[[Zetland County Council]]'''<br>1947-1955|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Prophet Smith]]'''}}{{Template:ZCCConveners}}{{CountyCouncillors|Preceded by<br>'''[[William Jamieson]]'''|'''Member for<br>[[Sandwick (Constituency)|Sandwick]]'''<br>1935-1955|Succeeded by<br>'''[[James Pottinger (ii)|James Pottinger]]'''}}{{Template:SandwickZCC}}

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