Eric Gray

Eric Gray as Provost of the Lerwick Town Council.
Image kindly supplied by the Shetland Islands Council

Eric Gray (b. 27 November 1917, Lerwick, d. 15 November 1977) was a Lerwick Town Councillor from 1958 to 1975 and a Shetland Islands Councillor.

He was a distant relative of Harry Gray who was also the Provost of Lerwick (6th cousin).

Political Career

Provosts
Preceded by Andrew Nicolson	Provost for Lerwick Town Council 1967-1971	Succeeded by Bill Smith

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)}

Shetland Islands Council
Constituency created	Member for Lerwick Central 1974-1977	Succeeded by Bill Smith