James Laing

Chief Constable Gordon Emslie, James Laing, Sheriff Grant, ?, John T. J. Sinclair.

James Laing (b. 23 July 1875, Lerwick, d. 31 August 1946, Lerwick) was the secretary for the Seamans Union, a Lerwick Town Councillor and a County Councillor for Lerwick South between 1922 and 1932. He was also the Provost of Lerwick from 1924 to 1927, and Guizer Jarl for the Lerwick Up Helly Aa in 1909.

Political Career

Lerwick Town Council

• Lerwick Town Council Election November 1906
• Lerwick Town Council Election November 1909
• Lerwick Town Council Election November 1912
• Lerwick Town Council Election November 1919
• Lerwick Town Council Election November 1922
• Lerwick Town Council Election November 1927
• Lerwick Town Council Election November 1930
• Lerwick Town Council Election November 1937

Zetland County Council

• 1922 County Council election
• 1925 County Council election
• 1928 County Council election
• 1929 County Council election

External Links

• Bayanne genealogy page