John Sangster Macfarlane
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876–1879 | 6th | Waitemata | Independent | ||
John Sangster Macfarlane (1818 – 2 February 1880) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.
He unsuccessfully contested the 1873 by-election for Mongonui and Bay of Islands, and the 1874 by-election for Waitemata.
He then represented the Waitemata electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated.[1]
He was born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland and arrived in Auckland via Sydney. He died in Auckland on 2 February 1880 from cancer of the stomach.[2][3][4]
Two or three years before his death he lost a bet that a "prominent politician" would soon be in Mt Eden (gaol) and Swanson kept and showed but did not cash the cheque for £80 he received from Macfarlane.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 215. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Death". Taranaki Herald in Papers Past. 6 February 1880.
- ^ "Death". Auckland Star in Papers Past. 3 February 1880.
- ^ "Death". The New Zealand Herald. 3 February 1880 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Mr Macfarlane (page down)". Hawkes Bay Herald. 27 February 1880 – via Papers Past.
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