John Meiklejohn

Born	9 November 1850, Caithness
Died	22 August 1912, Novar, Evanton, Ross-shire
Elections	1 (1 won)
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John James Robertson Meiklejohn was a farm overseer from Bressay. He was a County Councillor for the Bressay constituency between 1890 and 1892.

Biography

John arrived in Shetland in the early 1870s as a manager for John Walker at Maryfield in Bressay. Walker had sheep farms across Shetland, and John was responsible for managing the various flocks. The Marquis of Londonderry became tenant of the farm after Walker, and John continued on in his role. The Marquis wanted to establish a stud of Shetland ponies for his County Durham mines, which was successful under John's supervision.

In November 1892, he left Shetland to become the factor for Ronald Munro-Ferguson of Novar, Ross-shire.

Political Career

Political career of John Meiklejohn
Year	Election	Council	Votes	Result
1890	County Council Election February 1890 (Bressay)	Zetland County Council	69	Elected

Offices Held

Zetland County Council

Constituency created

Member for
Bressay
1890–1892

Succeeded by

Robert Ganson (i)

Bressay Members

John Meiklejohn (1890–1890) · Robert Ganson (i) (1892–1910) · Thomas Anderson (ii) (1913–1919) · Allan Roy (1922–1928) · Archibald MacIntyre (1929–1932) · James Smith (i) (1933–1933) · Norman Cameron (1934–1938) · William Collie (1945–1945) · James Smith (ii) (1949–1952) · Prophet Smith (1955–1958) · John Smith (ii) (1960–1964) · John Scott (1966–1967) · James Irvine (ii) (1970–1973)