A passionate Vale Hospital campaigner and former Provost of Argyll and Bute will be remembered as “one of a kind” and “an absolute gentleman” by those who knew him.
Billy Petrie OBE passed away last week at the age of 94, having dedicated more than four decades of his life to serving the local community as an independent councillor - once earning the tag “the most popular local politician in Great Britain.”
The Helensburgh man, a former Provost of Argyll and Bute Council and Freeman of the area, devoted 45 years of his life to public service on local authorities - ranging from the old Dunbartonshire County Council to Strathclyde Region and a host of other bodies throughout Scotland.
