Thomas Johnston (ii)
For other people with the same name, see Thomas Johnston.
Thomas 'Tammy' Johnston (b. 20 November 1894, Lerwick, d. 5 June 1972, Lerwick) was Town Clerk from 1949 to 1960 and a County Councillor, for Gulberwick from 1925 to 1936, with 1935-6 as convener, standing down from the ZCC on 5 September 1936.
Town Council Obituary Notes
Johnston was handicapped at a young age, having one of his legs amputated. This, as Jim Taylor noted, did not prevent him from being involved in all manner of activities throughout his life.
He worked as a clerk in the Procurator Fiscal's office and then later took up a similar role with the National Insurance Committee, holding the position until 1937. He was the county assessor between 1937-1949 (sometimes referred to as 'County aggressor'). In 1935 he was appointed as Convenor of the Zetland County Council, a position which he held until 1936, and he is listed as being responsible for the Lerwick Landward Housing Scheme, which '[eliminated] the squalor of the then Fleet Street and Pig Street of the Skibbadock and Garthspool areas". As Town Clerk he carried out exhaustive research which assisted in the establishment of the Shetland Museum.
Political Career
- County Council Election December 1922
- County Council Election December 1925
- County Council Election December 1928
- County Council Election December 1929
- County Council Election December 1932
- County Council Election December 1935
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| Conveners | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Magnus Shearer |
Convener of the Zetland County Council 1935-1936 |
Succeeded by William McDougall |
| Conveners of the Zetland County Council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Councillors | John Bruce (1890-1907) • John Anderson (1907-1910) • James Grierson (1911-1913) • Robert D. Ganson (1914-1917) • John W. Robertson (1918-1923) • Henry Mouat (1924-1927) • James A. Smith (1928-1929) • Magnus Shearer (1930-1935) • Thomas Johnston (1935-1936) • William McDougall (1936-1937) • Adam Halcrow (1937-1938) • Edward Adie (1938-1943) • Robert J. H. Ganson (1944-1947) • William Thomson (1947-1955) • Prophet Smith (1955-1960) • Tom Henderson (1960-1963) • William Hamilton (1963-1967) • Robert A. Johnson (1967-1970) • Edward Thomason (1970-1973) • George Blance (1973-1975) | |
| Zetland County Council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Laurence Anderson |
Member for Cunningsburgh 1922-1925 |
Succeeded by Simson Wallace |
| Preceded by Thomas Anderson |
Member for Gulberwick 1925-1936 |
Succeeded by George Smith |
| Cunningsburgh County Councillors | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| Gulberwick County Councillors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Councillors | Alfred Stove (1890-1901) • William Shand (1901-1910) • Samuel Fordyce (1910-1921) • James Goodlad (1921-1924) • Thomas Anderson (1924-1925) • Thomas Johnston (1925-1936) • George Smith (1936-1945) • Charles Mitchell (1945-1949) • John Williamson (1949-1951) • James Nicolson (1951-1955) • John Irvine (1955-1958) • Robert Johnson (1958-1970) • Arthur Irvine (1970-1975) | |
