John Sutherland

Born	26 May 1876, Leons
Died	18 March 1959, Brevik Hospital, Lerwick
Elections	9 (5 won)
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John Sutherland was was a County Councillor first for Nesting from 1935 until 1938, then Aithsting between 1945 and 1955 and finally Delting North between 1955 and 1958.

Biography

He was a Road Surveyor for the North Isles District when appointed interim Road Surveyor for the County and Mainland District in 1915. In 1919, he was appointed Assistant County Road Surveyor to R. S. W. Paterson and when the latter left Shetland in 1923, John was appointed as County Road Surveyor in November 1923 and kept that role until he retired in June 1935.

He was a member of the Education Authority from 1919 until 1938, and again from 1945 until 1958.

His obituary describes him as being "forthright in his criticisms at the Council and Committee tables, and any business which did not meet with his approval was "ruthlessly condemned". Despite this, he maintained a "strong strain of humour".

He unsuccessfully contested the Nesting seat at the 1938 County Council election, the Unst South seat in the 1942 Unst South by-election and the 1959 Aithsting by-election, less than 40 days before he died.

He unsuccessfully contested the 1935 Lerwick Town Council election.

Political Career

Political career of John Sutherland
Year	Election	Council	Votes	Result
1935	Lerwick Town Council Election November 1935	Lerwick Town Council	484	Not elected
1935	County Council Election December 1935 (Nesting)	Zetland County Council	111	Elected
1938	County Council Election December 1938 (Nesting)	Zetland County Council	89	Not elected
1942	Unst South County Council By-Election December 1942 (Unst South)	Zetland County Council	6	Not elected
1945	County Council Election December 1945 (Aithsting)	Zetland County Council	165	Elected
1949	County Council Election May 1949 (Aithsting)	Zetland County Council	Unopposed	Elected
1952	County Council Election May 1952 (Aithsting)	Zetland County Council	126	Elected
1955	County Council Election May 1955 (Delting North)	Zetland County Council	Unopposed	Elected
1959	Aithsting County Council By-Election February 1959 (Aithsting)	Zetland County Council	98	Not elected

Offices Held

Zetland County Council

Preceded by
Thomas Anderson (ii)

Member for
Nesting
1935–1938

Succeeded by
James Anderson (iii)

Preceded by
Andrew Clark

Member for
Aithsting
1945–1955

Succeeded by
Frederick Tait

Preceded by
Donald Sutherland

Member for
Delting North
1955–1958

Succeeded by
Basil Neven-Spence

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)

Aithsting Members

James Anderson (i) (1890–1890) · James McCullie (1892–1892) · George Johnston (1896–1896) · James Grierson (1898–1913) · Thomas Anderson (iii) (1915–1919) · Andrew Clark (1921–1921) · John Leslie (ii) (1925–1925) · James Anderson (ii) (1928–1929) · Andrew Clark (1932–1938) · John Sutherland (1945–1952) · Frederick Tait (1955–1958) · Catherine Anderson (1959–1959) · Robert Garrick (1961–1970) · Iain Caldwell (1973–1973)

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)