James Hay

Born	7 August 1877, Mossbank
Died	11 September 1973, Delting
Elections	12 (6 won)
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James Johnson Hay was an auctioneer and County Councillor first for Delting North between 1913 and 1922, then Whalsay & Skerries from 1937 and 1945 before returning again to Delting North for his final stint, between 1945 and 1952. He unsuccessfully contested the Delting South seat in the 1922 County Council election, the Sandwick seat in the 1925 election, the 1927 Cunningsburgh County County by-election, the Nesting seat at the 1929 election, 1935 election, and the Whalsay & Skerries seat at the 1938 election.

Biography

James was an Elder in the Church of Scotland and auctioneer.

Political Career

Political career of James Hay
Year	Election	Council	Votes	Result
1913	County Council Election December 1913 (Delting North)	Zetland County Council	29	Elected
1919	County Council Election December 1919 (Delting North)	Zetland County Council	29	Elected
1922	County Council Election December 1922 (Delting South)	Zetland County Council	43	Not elected
1924	Northmavine South County Council By-Election February 1924 (Northmavine South)	Zetland County Council	10	Elected
1925	County Council Election December 1925 (Sandwick)	Zetland County Council	64	Not elected
1927	Cunningsburgh County Council By-Election February 1927 (Cunningsburgh)	Zetland County Council	3	Not elected
1929	County Council Election December 1929 (Nesting)	Zetland County Council	17	Not elected
1935	County Council Election December 1935 (Nesting)	Zetland County Council	13	Not elected
1937	Whalsay And Skerries County Council By-Election February 1937 (Whalsay And Skerries)	Zetland County Council	16	Elected
1938	County Council Election December 1938 (Whalsay And Skerries)	Zetland County Council	121	Not elected
1945	County Council Election December 1945 (Delting North)	Zetland County Council	Unopposed	Elected
1949	County Council Election May 1949 (Delting North)	Zetland County Council	Unopposed	Elected

Offices Held

Zetland County Council

Preceded by

John Henderson

Member for
Delting North
1913–1919

Succeeded by
Joseph Peterson (i)

Preceded by

John Robertson (iv)

Member for
Northmavine South
1924–1925

Succeeded by

John Robertson (iv)

Preceded by

Magnus Shearer (i)

Member for
Whalsay And Skerries
1937–1938

Succeeded by

Robert Ollason

Preceded by
Joseph Pole

Member for
Delting North
1945–1952

Succeeded by
Donald Sutherland

Delting North Members

Charles Hoseason (1890–1890) · James Inkster (1890–1901) · William Pole (1904–1904) · John Henderson (1907–1910) · James Hay (1913–1919) · Joseph Peterson (i) (1919–1919) · Joseph Pole (1922–1938) · James Hay (1945–1949) · Donald Sutherland (1952–1952) · John Sutherland (1955–1955) · Basil Neven-Spence (1958–1958) · William Marshall (1961–1961) · Andrew Peterson (1963–1963) · Andrew Tulloch (1964–1967) · Fraser Peterson (1970–1973)

Northmavine South Members

Thomas Anderson (i) (1890–1890) · Thomas Anderson (iii) (1892–1895) · Thomas Anderson (i) (1898–1898) · John Anderson (1901–1901) · Arthur White (1904–1904) · John Robertson (iv) (1907–1922) · James Hay (1924–1924) · John Robertson (iv) (1925–1925) · Arthur Irvine (i) (1927–1938) · Charles Charleson (1945–1952) · Robert Balfour (1955–1967) · Hugh Sutherland (1970–1970) · John Jamieson (1972–1973)

Whalsay And Skerries Members

William Bruce (i) (1890–1901) · Thomas Anderson (ii) (1904–1904) · Charles Stobie (1907–1907) · James Shearer (1910–1913) · Edwin Hyde (1919–1919) · Mitchell Williamson (1922–1922) · Magnus Shearer (i) (1924–1935) · James Hay (1937–1937) · Robert Ollason (1938–1938) · John Jamieson (1945–1945) · Magnus Shearer (i) (1947–1958) · David Harbison (1961–1961) · James Pottinger (ii) (1964–1970) · Frederick Dainty (1973–1973)