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The Honourable
Sir Edwin Mitchelson
KCMG
19th Mayor of Auckland City
In office
13 May 1903 – 3 May 1905
Preceded byAlfred Kidd
Succeeded byArthur Myers
15th Minister of Native Affairs
In office
11 October 1887 – 24 January 1891
Prime MinisterHarry Atkinson
Preceded byJohn Ballance
Succeeded byJohn Ballance
Personal details
Born(1846-04-07)7 April 1846
Auckland, New Zealand
Died11 April 1934(1934-04-11) (aged 88)
Auckland, New Zealand

Sir Edwin Mitchelson KCMG (7 April 1846 – 11 April 1934) was a New Zealand politician and timber merchant.

Member of Parliament

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1881–1884 8th Marsden Independent
1884–1887 9th Marsden Independent
1887–1890 10th Eden Independent
1890–1893 11th Eden Conservative
1893–1896 12th Eden Conservative

Mitchelson was born in Auckland in a cottage on Queen Street in the mid 1840s.[1] He developed business interests in timber and kauri gum, shipbuilding, and horse racing and breeding.[1] He was a cabinet minister from 1883 to 1884 and 1887 to 1880 as Minister of Public Works.[2] From 1887 to 1891 he was Minister of Māori Affairs (called Native Affairs), and from 1889 to 1891 he was Minister of Telegraphs and Postmaster-General.[3]

He represented the Marsden electorate from 1881 to 1887, then Eden from 1887 to 1896, when he was defeated (for the City of Auckland electorate).[4]

Later years

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Mitchelson was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1903 to 1905,[5] chairman of the Remuera Road Board,[1] and a member of the Legislative Council from 1920 until his death on 11 April 1934.[6] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1921 King's Birthday Honours.[7] He was buried at Purewa Cemetery in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank.[8]

Personal life

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Mitchelson had a wooden mansion built at Muriwai around the year 1902, which he named Oaia, named after Oaia Island.[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Remuera Heritage & Hobson Community Board. "Remuera Heritage Walk" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ Scholefield 1950, pp. 38–40.
  3. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 40.
  4. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 127.
  5. ^ Mogford, Janice C. "Mitchelson, Edwin – Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  6. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 81.
  7. ^ "No. 32346". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 4 June 1921. p. 4533.
  8. ^ "Notable graves". Purewa Trust Board. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  9. ^ Harvey, Bob (2012). Untamed Coast: Auckland's Waitakere Ranges and Heritage Area (revised and updated ed.). Auckland: Exisle Publishing. p. 187-88. ISBN 978-0-908988-67-9.

References

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  • Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Marsden
1881–1887 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Eden
1887–1896 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Postmaster-General
1889–1891 		Succeeded by
Commissioner of Telegraphs
1889–1891 		Position abolished
Preceded by Mayor of Auckland City
1903–1905 		Succeeded by


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