Adam Thomson

Born	9 October 1911, Aithsting
Died	19 April 1977, Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Elections	1 (1 won)
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Reverend Adam Thomson was a minister for the Church of Scotland and a County Councillor for Nesting between 1945 and 1949.

Biography

Adam spent some time in Baltasound and Lunna. After leaving Shetland around 1950, he went the St Andrew's Scots' Kirk in Saint George's, Grenada. In 1955, he returned to Scotland for a brief period before accepting an assistantship at Knox Crescent and Kensington Presbyterian Church in Montreal as he wanted to study for admission into the Presbyterian Church in Canada. He studied evening classes at McGill University and by 1960 he was formally inducted into the Presbytery of Ottawa. By 1964 he preached at the St. Andrew's Presbyterian in Hagarsville.

He returned to Shetland in 1966 and 1972 to be a guest preacher at the Lunna Kirk.

Political Career

Political career of Adam Thomson
Year	Election	Council	Votes	Result
1945	County Council Election December 1945 (Nesting)	Zetland County Council	Unopposed	Elected

Offices Held

Zetland County Council

Preceded by
James Anderson (iii)

Member for
Nesting
1945–1948

Succeeded by
John Pearson (ii)

Nesting Members

Robert Bell (1890–1890) · William Levie (1892–1892) · John Small (1895–1907) · James Loggie (1910–1913) · John Pearson (i) (1914–1914) · James Hunter (iii) (1919–1919) · Robert Hunter (i) (1920–1920) · Robert Ganson (i) (1922–1925) · Magnus Gray (1928–1929) · Thomas Anderson (ii) (1932–1932) · John Sutherland (1935–1935) · James Anderson (iii) (1938–1938) · Adam Thomson (1945–1945) · John Pearson (ii) (1948–1949) · Prophet Smith (1952–1952) · William Hamilton (1955–1970) · Andrew Riddell (1973–1973)