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He unsuccessfully contested the Sandsting seat in the [[County_Council_Election_December_1929#Sandsting|1929 County Council election]]. | He unsuccessfully contested the Sandsting seat in the [[County_Council_Election_December_1929#Sandsting|1929 County Council election]]. | ||
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| + | He began his working life in Scalloway, before serving in WWI as a gunner. After the war he returned to Sand and established a shop there. After some years, he established J. R. White & Co in Lerwick with his brother. He was a founding member of the Shetland Woollen Industries Association and its first secretary, as well as being involved in the Shetland Baptist Association. | ||
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==Political Career== | ==Political Career== | ||
*[[County Council Election December 1922]] | *[[County Council Election December 1922]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:30, 5 January 2025
James Robert White (b. 3 February 1886, Aithsting, d. 10 May 1961, Aithsting) was a County Councillor initially for Dunrossness North from 1922 to 1925, then for Lerwick Central 1928 to 1929, and finally for Sandsting from 1930 and 1932.
He unsuccessfully contested the Sandsting seat in the 1929 County Council election.
Biography
He began his working life in Scalloway, before serving in WWI as a gunner. After the war he returned to Sand and established a shop there. After some years, he established J. R. White & Co in Lerwick with his brother. He was a founding member of the Shetland Woollen Industries Association and its first secretary, as well as being involved in the Shetland Baptist Association.
Political Career
- County Council Election December 1922
- County Council Election December 1928
- 1930 County Council by-election
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| Zetland County Council | ||
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| Preceded by James Budge |
Member for Dunrossness North 1922-1925 |
Succeeded by John Irvine |
| Preceded by John Sinclair 
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Member for Lerwick Central 1928-1929 |
Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by James Bowie |
Member for Sandsting 1930-1932 |
Succeeded by Hercules Arthurson |
| Lerwick Central County Councillors | ||
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| Councillors | John Robertson (1890-1904) • James Jamieson (1904-1919) • James Pottinger (1919-1921) • John Sinclair (1921-1928) • James White (1928-1929) | |
| Sandsting County Councillors | ||
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| Councillors | Archibald Garriock (1890-1898) • Alexander Mitchell (1898-1904) • John Anderson (1904-1910) • Hugh Robertson (1910-1919) • Robert Sutherland (1919-1922) • James Bowie (1925-1930) • James White (1930-1932) • Hercules Arthurson (1932-1938) • William Henry (1938-1945) • Simon Garriock (1945-1955) • Alexander Tulloch (1955-1975) | |
