Lerwick Town Council Election September 1874

1st Council Group. The councillors were split on the interpretation of the the procedures and as such two votes were held in two different rooms of the County Halls. The second set of Councillors ended up being the selected councillors.

Candidate	Votes	Result
Arthur J. Hay		Appointed as Senior Bailie
John Robertson Snr		Appointed as Junior Bailie
Andrew Jamieson	35	Elected
Laurence Stove	35	Elected
Alfred Stove	30	Elected
John Leisk	29	Elected
William Duncan	27	Elected
William Robertson	27	Elected
John Leslie	26	Elected
Christopher Sandison	26	Elected
Robert Scott	22	Elected
Robert Stout	22	Elected
Charles Robertson	15	Not elected
Daniel Brown	15	Not elected
Laurence Halcrow	10	Not elected
Hugh Linklater	9	Not elected
William Irvine	8	Not elected
Charles W. Aitken	8	Not elected
Dr. Thomas Laurence Harrison	4	Not elected

2st Council Group. The councillors were split on the interpretation of the the procedures and as such two votes were held in two different rooms of the County Halls. The second set of Councillors ended up being the selected councillors.

Candidate	Votes	Result
William Sievwright		Appointed as Senior Bailie
George Reid Tait		Appointed as Junior Bailie
Laurence G. Stove	19	Elected
Alfred S. Stove	18	Elected
William Robertson	18	Elected
Andrew B. Jamieson	18	Elected
John Leslie	17	Elected
John Leisk	14	Elected
William Duncan	12	Elected
Christopher Sandison	12	Elected
Robert Stout	7	Elected