New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1876–1879 6th Mount Ida Independent
1879–1881 7th Mount Ida Independent
1881–1884 8th Mount Ida Independent

Cecil Albert de Lautour (1845 – 15 December 1930) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Otago region of New Zealand.

He represented the Mount Ida electorate from 1876 to 1884.[1]

In circa 1879, he moved to Napier to pursue a legal career.[2] In July 1884, he travelled to Auckland[3] to contest the Newton electorate in the 1884 election.[4] Thomas Peacock defeated him by 732 to 608 votes.[5]

He stood in the 1893 election in the Waiapu electorate and was beaten by James Carroll.[6]

He died on 15 December 1930.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 192. OCLC 154283103.
  2. ^ a b Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Z (PDF). Vol. II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 200. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Auckland". Bay Of Plenty Times. Vol. XIII, no. 1708. 8 July 1884. p. 2. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Newton". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVI, no. 4422. 16 July 1884. p. 2. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Ponsonby". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVI, no. 4430. 26 July 1884. p. 7. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  6. ^ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Mount Ida
1876–1884
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