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The '''[[1932]] [[Zetland County Council|County Council]] Election''' occurred on Tuesday 6 December. This election was the first county council election since the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 came into effect on May 1930. This resulted in Lerwick Central, North and South combining to become Lerwick Landward (shown here), a five seat district council ward. | The '''[[1932]] [[Zetland County Council|County Council]] Election''' occurred on Tuesday 6 December. This election was the first county council election since the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 came into effect on May 1930. This resulted in Lerwick Central, North and South combining to become Lerwick Landward (shown here), a five seat district council ward. | ||
| − | The legislation defined Burghs | + | The legislation defined Burghs as 'large' or 'small', with a burgh requiring a population of 20,000 or more to classify as 'large'. Lerwick Landward was a 'small burgh' and as such, much of its powers remained with the Zetland County Council. |
| − | Given that the new District council had reduced powers, the | + | Given that the new District council had reduced powers, the [[Shetland History Online]] database will not log any further elections beyond 1932. The reason that 1932 is highlighted below is because it produced the first female councillor, [http://bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I73336&tree=ID1 Elizabeth Tait]. Given that Tait was elected unopposed and that the new district council had reduced status, this database recognises [[Charlotte Nicol]] as the first full female councillor in Shetland. Not only was she elected on to an existing council, she placed fourth in the [[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1933|1933 Lerwick Town Council election]] as a Ratepayers Association candidate, receiving 880 votes in the process. |
For this election, Sandwick was also abolished by the new legislation and absorbed into Cunningsburgh and Dunrossness, but this change was reversed and Sandwick returned as a constituency in [[County Council Election December 1935|1935]]. | For this election, Sandwick was also abolished by the new legislation and absorbed into Cunningsburgh and Dunrossness, but this change was reversed and Sandwick returned as a constituency in [[County Council Election December 1935|1935]]. | ||
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| − | |Gerald J. Aston || 91 || [[Image:cross.gif]] | + | |[https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I131075&tree=ID1 Gerald J. Aston] || 91 || [[Image:cross.gif]] |
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| − | |Charles S. | + | |[https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I5380&tree=ID1 Charles S. Nicholson] || 40 || [[Image:cross.gif]] |
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Latest revision as of 09:46, 26 July 2021
The 1932 County Council Election occurred on Tuesday 6 December. This election was the first county council election since the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 came into effect on May 1930. This resulted in Lerwick Central, North and South combining to become Lerwick Landward (shown here), a five seat district council ward.
The legislation defined Burghs as 'large' or 'small', with a burgh requiring a population of 20,000 or more to classify as 'large'. Lerwick Landward was a 'small burgh' and as such, much of its powers remained with the Zetland County Council.
Given that the new District council had reduced powers, the Shetland History Online database will not log any further elections beyond 1932. The reason that 1932 is highlighted below is because it produced the first female councillor, Elizabeth Tait. Given that Tait was elected unopposed and that the new district council had reduced status, this database recognises Charlotte Nicol as the first full female councillor in Shetland. Not only was she elected on to an existing council, she placed fourth in the 1933 Lerwick Town Council election as a Ratepayers Association candidate, receiving 880 votes in the process.
For this election, Sandwick was also abolished by the new legislation and absorbed into Cunningsburgh and Dunrossness, but this change was reversed and Sandwick returned as a constituency in 1935.
Results
Aithsting
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Andrew D. Clark | Unopposed | 
|
Bressay
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Archibald MacIntyre | Unopposed |
|
Burra and Quarff
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| John Percy Henderson | Unopposed |
|
Cunningsburgh
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Henry Mouat | Unopposed |
|
Delting North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Joseph Garfield Gordon Pole | Unopposed |
|
Delting South
Electorate:
Turnout:
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Edward Percival Adie | Unopposed |
|
Dunrossness North
Electorate:
Turnout:
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| John W. Robertson | Unopposed |
|
Dunrossness South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| William Laidlaw McDougall | Unopposed |
|
Fetlar
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Reverend William G. Carson | Unopposed |
|
Gulberwick
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Thomas Johnston | Unopposed |
|
Lerwick Landward
Electorate: 2296
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Robert A Johnson | Unopposed |
|
| J. G. Williamson | Unopposed |
|
| John Taylor | Unopposed |
|
| Boyd Morgan | Unopposed |
|
| Elizabeth Tait | Unopposed |
|
Nesting And Lunnasting
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Thomas J. Anderson | Unopposed |
|
Northmavine North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| John Tulloch | Unopposed |
|
Northmavine South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Arthur Irvine | Unopposed |
|
Sandness
Electorate:
Turnout:
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| James A. Jamieson | Unopposed |
|
Sandsting
Electorate: 420
Turnout: 224 (53.3%)
Rejected ballot: 1
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Hercules Arthurson | 132 |
|
| Gerald J. Aston | 91 | 
|
Tingwall
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| James Peter Mouat | Unopposed |
|
Unst North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Charles G. D. Sandison | Unopposed |
|
Unst South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Basil Neven-Spence | Unopposed |
|
Walls
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Andrew Halcrow | Unopposed |
|
Whalsay And Skerries
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Magnus Shearer | Unopposed |
|
Whiteness And Weisdale
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Laurence William Smith | Unopposed |
|
Yell North
Electorate: 307
Turnout: 137 (44.6%)
Rejected ballots: 4
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Robert J. Smith | 93 |
|
| Charles S. Nicholson | 40 |
|
Yell South
Electorate: 554
Turnout: 287 (51.8%)
Rejected ballots: 3
|
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
| Thomas R. Manson | 153 |
|
| James A. Smith | 131 |
|
