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He unsuccessfully contested the Delting North seat at the [[County_Council_Election_December_1913#Delting_North|1913 County Council election]]. | He unsuccessfully contested the Delting North seat at the [[County_Council_Election_December_1913#Delting_North|1913 County Council election]]. | ||
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| + | Founder of Henderson & Scott, dentists. | ||
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| + | John left Shetland as a young age and lived in Gateshead for some years, where there exists a large bakery business that was set up by members of his family. Around 1896, he returned to Shetland and opened a dental practice. He retired from his practice in 1935, which was continued by partner G. M. Scott until at least 1958. In 1937 or 1938 he moved to Tynemouth. | ||
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==Political Career== | ==Political Career== | ||
===Lerwick Town Council=== | ===Lerwick Town Council=== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:45, 8 January 2025
John Percy Henderson (b. 2 May 1873, Setter, Burra, d. 16 November 1938, 40 Percy Gardens, Tynemouth) was a dentist in Lerwick, a Lerwick Town Councillor between 1916 and 1919, and County Councillor initially for Delting North between 1907 to 1913, then for Whiteness & Weisdale from 1914 to 1919, and finally for Burra between 1922 and 1938.
He unsuccessfully contested the Delting North seat at the 1913 County Council election.
Biography
Founder of Henderson & Scott, dentists.
John left Shetland as a young age and lived in Gateshead for some years, where there exists a large bakery business that was set up by members of his family. Around 1896, he returned to Shetland and opened a dental practice. He retired from his practice in 1935, which was continued by partner G. M. Scott until at least 1958. In 1937 or 1938 he moved to Tynemouth.
Political Career
Lerwick Town Council
Zetland County Council
- 1907 County Council election
- 1910 County Council election
- 1914 Whiteness and Weisdale by-election
- 1922 County Council election
- 1925 County Council election
- 1928 County Council election
- 1929 County Council election
- 1932 County Council election
- 1935 County Council election
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| Zetland County Council | ||
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| Preceded by William Pole 
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Member for Delting North 1907-1913 |
Succeeded by James Hay 
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| Preceded by Peter Anderson |
Member for Whiteness & Weisdale 1914-1919 |
Succeeded by William Sinclair 
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| Preceded by George Anderson |
Member for Burra 1922-1938 |
Succeeded by James Pottinger |
| Burra County Councillors | ||
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| Councillors | David Gray (1890-1898) • Henry Henderson (1898-1898) • Charles Lennie (1898-1909) • Robert Inkster (1909-1913) • Adam Jamieson (1913-1919) • George Anderson (1920-1922) • John Henderson (1922-1938) • James Pottinger (1938-1955) • Robert Strachan (1955-1959) • Alexander Bennet (1959-1964) • George Nelson (1964-1970) • Barbara Anderson (1970-1972) • William Cumming (1972-1975) | |
| Delting North County Councillors | ||
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| Councillors | Charles Hoseason (1890-1890) • John Inkster (1890-1890) • James Inkster (1890-1904) • William Pole (1904-1907) • John Henderson (1907-1913) • James Hay (1913-1922) • Joseph Pole (1922-1945) • James Hay (1945-1952) • Donald Sutherland (1952-1955) • John Sutherland (1955-1958) • Basil Neven-Spence (1958-1961) • William Marshall (1961-1963) • Andrew Peterson (1963-1964) • Andrew Tulloch (1964-1970) • Fraser Peterson (1970-1975) | |
| Whiteness and Weisdale County Councillors | ||
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| Councillors | John Robertson (1890-1904) • Peter Anderon (1904-1914) • John Henderson (1914-1919) • William Sinclair (1919-1925) • George Leslie (1925-1928) • Laurence Smith (1928-1945) • Anthony Anderson (1945-1970) • John Rae (1970-1973) • John Johnson (1973-1975) | |
