William Sinclair
From Shetland History Online
William Sinclair as Provost of the Lerwick Town Council.
Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council
Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council
William 'Floorie' Sinclair (b. 26 September 1876, Quarff, d. 10 May 1945, Lerwick) was a baker, a Provost of the Lerwick Town Council, and a County Councillor. He was also Worthy Chief Guizer in 1901, and the Guizer Jarl for the Lerwick Up Helly Aa in 1908.
He unsuccessfully contested the Burra seat at the 1913 Zetland County Council election, the Whiteness and Weisdale seat in the 1925 County Council election and the 1933 Lerwick Town Council election.
Political Career
Lerwick Town Council
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1905
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1908
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1911
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1920
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1929
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1938
Zetland County Council
- County Council Election December 1919
- County Council Election December 1922
- Cunningsburgh County Council By-Election February 1927
- County Council Election December 1928
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| Provosts | ||
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| Preceded by John T. J. Sinclair 
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Provost for Lerwick Town Council 1930-1933 |
Succeeded by Robert Ollason 
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| Leaders of the Lerwick Town Council | ||
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| Councillors | Arthur Edmondston (1818-1823) • Charles Ogilvy Snr (1823-1827) • William Spence (1827-1832) • Charles Ogilvy Jr (1832-1844) • Joseph Leask (1844-1847) • William Sievwright Snr (1847-1856) • Charles Duncan (1856-1862) • Joseph Leask (1862-1865) • Charles Duncan (1865-1874) • William Sievwright Jr (1874-1876) • Thomas Cameron (1876-1883) • John Robertson (1883-1890) • Charles Robertson (1890-1895) • John Leisk (1895-1904) • James Goudie (1904-1907) • Arthur Porteous (1907-1910) • Arthur Laing (1910-1913) • Robert Stout (1913-1915) • Peter Goodlad (1915-1920) • Robert D. Ganson (1920-1924) • James Laing (1924-1927) • John Sinclair (1927-1930) • William Sinclair (1930-1933) • Robert Ollason (1933-1936) • James A. Smith (1936-1941) • Magnus Shearer (1941-1946) • James Aitken (1946-1950) • Robert A. Anderson (1950-1953) • George Burgess (1953-1956) • William Conochie (1956-1959) • Robert Blance (1959-1962) • Harry Gray (1962-1965) • Andrew Nicolson (1965-1967) • Eric Gray (1967-1971) • Bill Smith (1971-1974) • James Taylor (1974-1975) | |
| Zetland County Council | ||
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| Preceded by John Henderson 
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Member for Whiteness & Weisdale 1919-1925 |
Succeeded by George Leslie |
| Preceded by Simson Wallace |
Member for Cunningsburgh 1927-1929 |
Succeeded by Henry Mouat 
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| 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) | |
| Cunningsburgh County Councillors | ||
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| 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) | |
