Provosts and Conveners

The leaders of Shetland's local councils from 1818 to the present day.

Provosts of the Lerwick Town Council

#	Provost	From	To	Years
1	Arthur Edmondston	1818	1823	5
2	Charles Ogilvy Snr	1823	1827	4
3	William Spence	1827	1832	5
4	Charles Ogilvy Jr	1832	1844	12
5	Joseph Leask	1844	1847	3
6	William Sievwright Snr	1847	1856	9
7	Charles Duncan	1856	1862	6
8	Joseph Leask	1862	1865	3
9	Charles Duncan	1865	1874	9
10	William Sievwright Jr	1874	1876	2
11	Thomas Cameron	1876	1883	7
12	John Robertson	1883	1890	7
13	Charles Robertson	1890	1895	5
14	John Leisk	1895	1904	9
15	James Goudie	1904	1907	3
16	Arthur Porteous	1907	1910	3
17	Arthur Laing	1910	1913	3
18	Robert Stout	1913	1915	2
19	Peter Goodlad	1915	1920	5
20	Robert D. Ganson	1920	1924	4
21	James Laing	1924	1927	3
22	John Sinclair	1927	1930	3
23	William Sinclair	1930	1933	3
24	Robert Ollason	1933	1936	3
25	James A. Smith	1936	1941	5
26	Magnus Shearer	1941	1946	5
27	James Aitken	1946	1950	4
28	Robert A. Anderson	1950	1953	3
29	George Burgess	1953	1956	3
30	William Conochie	1956	1959	3
31	Robert Blance	1959	1962	3
32	Harry Gray	1962	1965	3
33	Andrew Nicolson	1965	1967	2
34	Eric Gray	1967	1971	4
35	Bill Smith	1971	1974	3
36	James Taylor	1974	1975	1

#	Convener	From	To	Years
1	John Bruce	1890	1907	17
2	John Anderson	1907	1910	3
3	James Grierson	1911	1913	2
4	Robert D. Ganson	1914	1917	3
5	John W. Robertson	1918	1923	5
6	Henry Mouat	1924	1927	3
7	James A. Smith	1928	1929	1
8	Magnus Shearer	1930	1935	5
9	Thomas Johnston	1935	1936	1
10	William McDougall	1936	1937	1
11	Adam Halcrow	1937	1938	1
12	Edward Adie	1938	1943	5
13	Robert J. H. Ganson	1944	1947	3
14	William Thomson	1947	1955	8
15	Prophet Smith	1955	1960	5
16	Tom Henderson	1960	1963	3
17	William Hamilton	1963	1967	4
18	Robert A. Johnson	1967	1970	3
19	Edward Thomason	1970	1973	3
20	George Blance	1973	1975	2

#	Convener	From	To	Years
1	Alexander Tulloch	1974	1986	12
2	Edward Thomason	1986	1994	8
3	Lewis Smith	1994	1999	5
4	Thomas Stove	1999	2003	4
5	Alexander Cluness	2003	2012	9