Allan McDonald (New Zealand politician)
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879–1881 | 7th | East Coast | Independent | ||
| 1881–1884 | 8th | East Coast | Independent | ||
Allan McDonald was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.
He represented the East Coast electorate from 1879 to 1884, when he resigned.[2] The next year he was elected mayor of Gisborne unopposed,[3] but resigned before the 1886 election due to the death of his property manager.[4] He went missing on 24 May 1893, last being seen at a hotel on Flinders Street in Melbourne.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Electoral Addresses". The Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. VI, no. 861. 12 August 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "ELECTION OF MAYOR". Poverty Bay Herald. Papers Past. 14 November 1885.
- ^ "BOROUGH COUNCIL". Poverty Bay Herald. Papers Past. 8 September 1886.
- ^ "A Strange Disappearance". Thames Star. Papers Past. 5 September 1893.
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