Allan McDonald (New Zealand politician)

New Zealand Parliament
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.

1879 election advert placed by McDonald in The Poverty Bay Herald[1]

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

  1. ^ "Electoral Addresses". The Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. VI, no. 861. 12 August 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  3. ^ "ELECTION OF MAYOR". Poverty Bay Herald. Papers Past. 14 November 1885.
  4. ^ "BOROUGH COUNCIL". Poverty Bay Herald. Papers Past. 8 September 1886.
  5. ^ "A Strange Disappearance". Thames Star. Papers Past. 5 September 1893.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Coast
1879–1884
Succeeded by