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He unsuccessfully contested the Tingwall seat in the [[County_Council_Election_December_1945#Tingwall|1945 County Council election]] and the [[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1937|1937 Lerwick Town Council election]].
 
He unsuccessfully contested the Tingwall seat in the [[County_Council_Election_December_1945#Tingwall|1945 County Council election]] and the [[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1937|1937 Lerwick Town Council election]].
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==Biography==
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Laurence began work in the grocery trade, but after a period in Ayr he returned to Shetland and was employed by Captain Johnson, [[John W. Robertson]] and the Moray Firth Fish Selling Company. He sold at Sandwick, Lerwick and other ports, before later going into business on his own.
  
 
==Political Career==
 
==Political Career==

Latest revision as of 12:14, 8 January 2025

For other people with the same name, see Laurence Laurenson.

Laurence Laurenson (b. 15 December 1880, Kirkabister, Bressay, d. 7 January 1960, Lerwick) was a fish salesman, a Lerwick Town Councillor between 1934 and 1937, and also a County Councillor for Cunningsburgh between April 1940 and May 1945.

He unsuccessfully contested the Tingwall seat in the 1945 County Council election and the 1937 Lerwick Town Council election.

Biography

Laurence began work in the grocery trade, but after a period in Ayr he returned to Shetland and was employed by Captain Johnson, John W. Robertson and the Moray Firth Fish Selling Company. He sold at Sandwick, Lerwick and other ports, before later going into business on his own.

Political Career

Lerwick Town Council

Zetland County Council

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Zetland County Council
Preceded by
Angus Gunn
Member for
Cunningsburgh

1940-1945
Succeeded by
St. Clair Pottinger
Cunningsburgh County Councillors
Councillors George Clark (1890-1896) • John Tulloch (1896-1901) • James Goudie (1901-1904) • Charles Stout (1904-1910) • Francis Pottinger (1910-1919) • Laurence Anderson (1919-1922) • Thomas Johnston (1922-1925) • Simson Wallace (1925-1927) • William Sinclair (1927-1929) • Henry Mouat (1929-1938) • Angus Gunn (1938-1940) • Laurence Laurenson (1940-1945) • St. Clair Pottinger (1945-1949) • Adam Halcrow (1949-1955) • Grace Halcrow (1955-1961) • Joan McLeod (1961-1975)