County Council Election December 1919
The 1919 County Council Election occurred on Tuesday 2 December. The was the first CC election since 1913, and this is due to the First World War which took place from 1914-1919.
Interestingly William Sinclair stood for both Burra & Quarff and Whiteness & Weisdale seats and won both, but he chose to only represent Whiteness and Weisdale, causing a by-election in the Burra district.
Results
Aithsting
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Thomas Angus Anderson | Unopposed |
Bressay
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Thomas James Anderson | Unopposed |
Burra and Quarff
Electorate:
Turnout: 107
Rejected ballots: 1
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William Sinclair | 55 | |
Adam Jamieson | 39 | |
George Hogan | 13 |
William Sinclair was also elected for Whiteness & Weisdale and as such chose to representing that county instead, resulting in a by-election.
Cunningsburgh
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Laurence Anderson | Unopposed |
Delting North
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James Hay | 29 | |
Joseph Peterson | 15 |
Delting South
Electorate:
Turnout: 158
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Joseph Peterson | 78 | |
John T. J. Sinclair | 30 |
Dunrossness North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James Budge | Unopposed |
Dunrossness South
Electorate:
Turnout: 118
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William Laidlaw McDougall | 97 | |
John Irvine | 21 |
Fetlar
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Sir Arthur J. F. W. Nicolson | Unopposed |
Gulberwick
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Samuel W. Fordyce | Unopposed |
Lerwick Central
Electorate:
Turnout: 246
Rejected ballots: 4
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Elected? |
James J. Pottinger | Labour | 134 | |
George Duffin | 112 |
Lerwick North
Electorate:
Turnout: 260
Rejected ballots: 10
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William James Greig | 139 | |
John Russell Anderson | 80 | |
William A. A. Tulloch | 41 |
Lerwick South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Charles Stout | Unopposed |
Nesting And Lunnasting
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James Hunter | Unopposed |
Northmavine North
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Andrew B. Garriock | Unopposed |
Northmavine South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John W. Robertson | Unopposed |
Sandness
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
David Sutherland | Unopposed |
Sandsting
Electorate:
Turnout: 153
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Robert Sutherland | 106 | |
Hugh J. Robertson | 47 |
Sandwick
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William Jamieson | Unopposed |
Tingwall
Electorate:
Turnout:
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
James Peter Mouat | Unopposed |
Unst North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Charles Sandison | Unopposed |
Unst South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
John Peter Sandison | Unopposed |
Walls
Electorate:
Turnout: 130
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Alexander Groundwater | 69 | |
Peter Georgeson | 61 |
Whalsay And Skerries
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Edwin Hyde | Unopposed |
Whiteness And Weisdale
Electorate:
Turnout: 142
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
William Sinclair | 80 | |
Henry Mouat | 62 |
Yell North
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
George Jamieson | Unopposed |
Yell South
Electorate:
Turnout: N/A
Candidate |
Votes |
Elected? |
Thomas R. Manson | Unopposed |