John Sinclair
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John Thomas James Sinclair (b. 2 March 1874, Graven, Delting, d. 7 December 1935, Perth) was a herring exporter, clerk, Lerwick Town Councillor first between 1904 to 1906 and later from 1915 to 1933 and a County Councillor between 1921 and 1928.
He unsuccessfully contested the Delting South seat in the 1919 County Council election and the 1933 Lerwick Town Council election.
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Biography
After leaving school, John served as an assistant in his father's shop in Mossbank. He moved to Lerwick around 1890 where he was an assistant to the grocery business of Andrew Smith, and worked there for five years. In 1895, his father was lost at sea and John returned home to Graven. Later, Andrew Smith began business as a shipbroker in connection with the herring fisheries, and by 1900 John returned to Lerwick to take up the post of cashier in the business.
After the business grew rapidly, Andrew formed a company with John and Max Schultze, trading under Messrs Andrew Smith & Schultze, which had three permanent offices; Lerwick, Peterhead and Yarmouth.
He was made an Honorary Sheriff Substitute of the Sheriffdom of Caithness, Orkney and Shetland in 1932.
Political Career
Lerwick Town Council
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1904
- Lerwick Town Council By-Election April 1915
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1919
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1921
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1924
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1927
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1930
Zetland County Council
- Lerwick Central County Council By-Election May 1921
- County Council Election December 1922
- County Council Election December 1925
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| Provosts | ||
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| Preceded by James Laing 
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Provost for Lerwick Town Council 1927-1930 |
Succeeded by William Sinclair 
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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 James Pottinger |
Member for Lerwick Central 1921-1928 |
Succeeded by James White |
| 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) | |
