County Council Election February 1890

The 1890 County Council Election occurred on Tuesday 4 February, with 27 seats contested between 40 candidates. Four seats received no nomination.

This was the first instance of a County Council election in Shetland, and it remained in existence until 1974, when it merged with the Lerwick Town Council (which had been holding elections since 1818) to form the Shetland Islands Council.

Results

Bressay

Electorate: 126 (107 men, 19 women)
Turnout: 86 (68.3%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
James Meiklejohn	69
J. Mitchell	17

Burra, Quarff and Havera

Electorate: 50 (23 men, 27 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Reverend David Gray	Unopposed

Cunningsburgh

Electorate: 103 (87 men, 16 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Reverend George Clark	Unopposed

Delting North

Electorate: 101 (81 men, 20 women)
Turnout: 14 (13.9%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Charles Hoseason	9
William Pole	5

Delting South

Electorate: 76 (60 men, 18 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Thomas Gifford	Unopposed

Dunrossness North

Electorate: 73 (66 men, 7 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Robert Henderson	Unopposed

Dunrossness South

Electorate: 139 (122 men, 17 women)
Turnout: 87 (62.3%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
John Bruce	48
Sinclair Mail	39

Dunrossness South includes Fair Isle, however no islanders voted at the polling booth in Virkie, it was reported.

Fetlar

Electorate: 10 (10 men, 1 women)
Turnout: N/A

No candidate was nominated for the seat, see Fetlar County Council By-Election May 1890.

Gulberwick

Electorate: 147 (125 men, 22 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Alfred S. Stove	Unopposed

Lerwick Central

Electorate: 348 (204 men, 140 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
John Robertson Jr	Unopposed

Lerwick North

Electorate: 426 (295 men, 131 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
John B. Anderson	Unopposed

Lerwick South

Electorate: 122 (69 men, 53 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Arthur Laurenson	Unopposed

Nesting And Lunnasting

Electorate: 83 (77 men, 6 women)
Turnout: 16 (19.7%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Robert Hunter Bell	16
John Spence	Withdrew

Northmavine East

Electorate: 199 (169 men, 30 women)
Turnout: 118 (59.3%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Alexander C. Hay	43
James G. Laurenson	38
George Sinclair	32
Thomas Hawick	5

Northmavine West

Electorate: 138 (117 men, 21 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Thomas Anderson	Unopposed

Sandsting and Aithsting North

Electorate: 204 (157 men, 47 women)
Turnout: 25 (12.3%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
James Anderson	23 (Election voided)
William Hay Umphray	2 (Election voided)

Sandsting and Aithsting South

Electorate: 111 (82 men, 29 women)
Turnout: 46 (44.4%%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
James McCullie	44 (Election voided)
Archibald J. Garriock	2 (Election voided)

See Aithsting County Council By-Election May 1890.

Sandwick

Electorate: 202 (174 men, 28 women)
Turnout: 122 (60.4%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Sinclair T. Duncan	106
George H. Bruce	16

Tingwall

Electorate: 264 (183 men, 81 women)
Turnout: 180 (68.2%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Arthur Hay	102
Robert Inkster	78
Joseph Irvine	Withdrew

Unst North

Electorate: 147 (112 men, 35 women)
Turnout: 113 (76.9%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
James H. Sutherland	57
Charles G. D. Sandison	56
Zachary M. Hamilton	Withdrew

Unst South

Electorate: 162 (138 men, 24 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Alexander Sandison	Unopposed

Walls North

Electorate: 68 (50 men, 18 women)
Turnout: N/A

No candidate was nominated for the seat.

Walls South

Electorate: 140 (105 men, 35 women)
Turnout: N/A

No candidate was nominated for the seat.

Whalsay And Skerries

Electorate: 82 (77 men, 5 women)
Turnout: 14 (17.1%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
William Arthur Bruce	9
James G Laurenson	5 (withdrew)

Whiteness And Weisdale

Electorate: 126 (86 men, 30 women)
Turnout: 66 (52.9%)

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
John Robertson	52
Joseph Irvine	14
A. J. Hay	(withdrew)

Yell North

Electorate: 62 (55 men, 7 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
Zachary Hamilton	Unopposed

Yell South & Mid

Electorate: 64 (54 men, 10 women)
Turnout: N/A

Candidate	Votes	Elected?
John Love	Unopposed

See Also

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