James Laing

James Laing as Provost of the Lerwick Town Council.
Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council

Chief Constable Gordon Emslie, James Laing, Sheriff Grant, ?, John T. J. Sinclair.

James Laing (b. 23 July 1875, Lerwick, d. 31 August 1946, Lerwick) was the secretary for the Seamans Union, a Lerwick Town Councillor and a County Councillor for Lerwick South between 1922 and 1929. He was also the Provost of Lerwick from 1924 to 1927, and Guizer Jarl for the Lerwick Up Helly Aa in 1909.

Political Career

Provosts
Preceded by Robert Ganson	Provost for Lerwick Town Council 1924-1927	Succeeded by John T. J. Sinclair

Leaders of the Lerwick Town Council
_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
Preceded by Charles Stout	Member for Lerwick South 1922-1929	Constituency abolished

Lerwick South County Councillors
_Councillors	_{Arthur Laurenson (1890-1890) • James Goudie (1891-1901) • Arthur Laing (1901-1910) • Charles Stout (1910-1922) • James Laing (1922-1929)}