William Sinclair

Born	26 September 1876, Quarff
Died	10 May 1945, Lerwick
Provost	Lerwick Town Council 1930–1933
Elections	16 (12 won)
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William 'Floorie' Sinclair was a baker, a Provost of the Lerwick Town Council, and a County Councillor. He unsuccessfully contested the Burra seat at the 1913 Zetland County Council election, the Whiteness and Weisdale seat in the 1925 County Council election and the 1933 Lerwick Town Council election.

Biography

William was educated at St Magnus Walker's School before going on to the Anderson Institute. He apprenticed with Malcolmsons & Co as a baker, and he later joined John Black & Sons and became a foreman there. After leaving that job, he joined Andrew Blance at the Alexandra Bakery. He then left baking and became a School Attendance Officer for a period, before returning to his trade, rejoining Black & Sons, which he continued through to around the start of the 1940s.

He was a lifelong abstainer and a prominent member of the Independent Order Of Rechabites.

He was also Worthy Chief Guizer in 1901, and the Guizer Jarl for the Lerwick Up Helly Aa in 1908.

Political Career

Political career of William Sinclair
Year	Election	Council	Votes	Result
1905	Lerwick Town Council Election November 1905	Lerwick Town Council	276	Elected
1908	Lerwick Town Council Election November 1908	Lerwick Town Council	360	Elected
1911	Lerwick Town Council Election November 1911	Lerwick Town Council	Unopposed	Elected
1913	County Council Election December 1913 (Burra)	Zetland County Council	26	Not elected
1914	Whiteness And Weisdale County Council By-Election June 1914 (Whiteness And Weisdale)	Zetland County Council	67	Not elected
1914	Lerwick Town Council Election November 1914	Lerwick Town Council	Unopposed	Elected
1919	County Council Election December 1919 (Burra)	Zetland County Council	55	Elected
1919	County Council Election December 1919 (Whiteness And Weisdale)	Zetland County Council	80	Elected
1920	Lerwick Town Council Election November 1920	Lerwick Town Council	635	Elected
1922	County Council Election December 1922 (Whiteness And Weisdale)	Zetland County Council	Unopposed	Elected
1925	County Council Election December 1925 (Whiteness And Weisdale)	Zetland County Council	51	Not elected
1927	Cunningsburgh County Council By-Election February 1927 (Cunningsburgh)	Zetland County Council	13	Elected
1928	County Council Election December 1928 (Cunningsburgh)	Zetland County Council	Unopposed	Elected
1929	Lerwick Town Council Election November 1929	Lerwick Town Council	780	Elected
1933	Lerwick Town Council Election November 1933	Lerwick Town Council	678	Not elected
1938	Lerwick Town Council Election November 1938	Lerwick Town Council	828	Elected

Offices Held

Zetland County Council

Preceded by

Adam Jamieson

Member for
Burra
1919–1920

Succeeded by
George Anderson

Preceded by

John Henderson

Member for
Whiteness And Weisdale
1919–1925

Succeeded by
George Leslie (i)

Preceded by
Simson Wallace

Member for
Cunningsburgh
1927–1929

Succeeded by

Henry Mouat

Provosts

Preceded by

John Sinclair

Provost
for Lerwick Town Council
1930–1933

Succeeded by

Robert Ollason

Provosts of the Lerwick Town Council

Arthur Edmondston (1818–1823) · Charles Ogilvy Snr (1823–1827) · William Spence (1827–1832) · Charles Ogilvy Jr (1832–1844) · Joseph Leask (1844–1847) · William Sievwright Snr (1847–1856) · Charles Duncan (1856–1862) · Joseph Leask (1862–1865) · Charles Duncan (1865–1874) · William Sievwright Jr (1874–1876) · Thomas Cameron (1876–1883) · John Robertson (1883–1890) · Charles Robertson (1890–1895) · John Leisk (1895–1904) · James Goudie (1904–1907) · Arthur Porteous (1907–1910) · Arthur Laing (1910–1913) · Robert Stout (1913–1915) · Peter Goodlad (1915–1920) · Robert D. Ganson (1920–1924) · James Laing (1924–1927) · John Sinclair (1927–1930) · William Sinclair (1930–1933) · Robert Ollason (1933–1936) · James A. Smith (1936–1941) · Magnus Shearer (1941–1946) · James Aitken (1946–1950) · Robert A. Anderson (1950–1953) · George Burgess (1953–1956) · William Conochie (1956–1959) · Robert Blance (1959–1962) · Harry Gray (1962–1965) · Andrew Nicolson (1965–1967) · Eric Gray (1967–1971) · Bill Smith (1971–1974) · James Taylor (1974–1975)

Burra Members

David Gray (i) (1890–1895) · Henry Henderson (1898–1898) · Charles Lennie (1898–1907) · Robert Inkster (1909–1910) · Adam Jamieson (1913–1913) · William Sinclair (1919–1919) · George Anderson (1920–1920) · John Henderson (1922–1935) · James Pottinger (ii) (1938–1952) · Robert Strachan (1955–1958) · Alexander Bennet (1959–1961) · George Nelson (1964–1967) · Barbara Anderson (1970–1970) · William Cumming (1972–1973)

Whiteness And Weisdale Members

John Robertson (iii) (1890–1901) · Peter Anderson (1904–1913) · John Henderson (1914–1914) · William Sinclair (1919–1922) · George Leslie (i) (1925–1925) · Laurence Smith (1928–1938) · Anthony Anderson (1945–1967) · John Rae (1970–1970) · John Johnson (1973–1973)

Cunningsburgh Members

George Clark (1890–1895) · John Tulloch (iii) (1896–1898) · James Goudie (1901–1901) · Charles Stout (1904–1907) · Francis Pottinger (1910–1913) · Laurence Anderson (1919–1919) · Thomas Johnston (i) (1922–1922) · Simson Wallace (1925–1925) · William Sinclair (1927–1928) · Henry Mouat (1929–1935) · Angus Gunn (1938–1938) · Laurence Laurenson (iii) (1940–1940) · St. Clair Pottinger (1945–1945) · Adam Halcrow (ii) (1949–1952) · Grace Halcrow (1955–1955) · Joan McLeod (1958–1973)