Robert A. Anderson
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
Robert Andrew 'Oily Bob' Anderson (b. 11 April 1903, Burravoe, Yell, d. 26 June 1967, Lerwick) was an oil depot surveyor and a Lerwick Town Councillor, having been Provost between 1950 and 1953.
Town Council Obituary Notes
He was first elected as a Labour Candidate in 1943, and became provost between 1950-3. In 1960, he was appointed honorary treasurer of the Council. It is noted that he "seldom arrived at a meeting without his homework done. It was seldom one could challenge his authority: he always pulled facts from somewhere to prove his point.
In 1965 he was awarded Freeman of the Burgh (and remains the only individual to have had held this title).
Political Career
- Lerwick Town Council By-Election February 1943
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1945
- Lerwick Town Council Election November 1947
- Lerwick Town Council Election May 1953
- Lerwick Town Council Election May 1956
- Lerwick Town Council Election May 1959
- Lerwick Town Council Election May 1962
- Lerwick Town Council Election May 1965
