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He unsuccessfully contested the [[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1929|1929 Lerwick Town Council election]]. | He unsuccessfully contested the [[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1929|1929 Lerwick Town Council election]]. | ||
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| + | When James left school, he worked in the Post Office in Boddam, and when he came to Lerwick he was employed in Malcolmsons & Co, bakery. | ||
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| + | He served a four year apprentice in a ship chandlery in Aberdeen, and when the returned to Lerwick he worked with [https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I34683&tree=ID1 Russell Anderson]. At the time of James's death, he had run his own business for more than 40 years. | ||
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==Political Career== | ==Political Career== | ||
*[[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1926]] | *[[Lerwick Town Council Election November 1926]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:58, 8 January 2025
James William Irvine (b. 1877, Dunrossness, d. 2 February 1952, Lerwick) was a Lerwick Town Councillor.
He unsuccessfully contested the 1929 Lerwick Town Council election.
Biography
When James left school, he worked in the Post Office in Boddam, and when he came to Lerwick he was employed in Malcolmsons & Co, bakery.
He served a four year apprentice in a ship chandlery in Aberdeen, and when the returned to Lerwick he worked with Russell Anderson. At the time of James's death, he had run his own business for more than 40 years.
