New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1887–1889 10th East Coast Independent

Andrew Graham (1843 – 17 April 1926) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.

He represented the East Coast electorate from 1887 to 1889, when he resigned,[1] shortly before his bankruptcy, which he ascribed to mismanagement of his business, whilst he was on a trip to Scotland,[2]

He was born at East Kilbride in Scotland on 28 July 1843 to John and Elizabeth Graham.[3] His education was at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University.[4]

In 1864 he emigrated to Napier, where he worked for a merchant. In 1868 he joined the Poverty Bay volunteers to fight against Te Kooti.[5] In 1873 he married Elizabeth Williams.[4] From 1873[6] he was a merchant in the firm of Kinross and Graham at Gisborne.[7] His businesses were hit by the 1878 City of Glasgow Bank collapse,[6] as was the Poverty Bay Herald,[8] of which he was a director. He was the first chairman of Gisborne Harbour Board, chairman of Gisborne Hospital Board and Cook County Council[6] and session clerk at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Gisborne, where he was buried.[9]

His children were Mrs. Todd (Wellington), Mrs. Dobson (Kaiti), Mrs. Burnett; (Whanganui), J. C. Graham (Waimata), A. D. Graham (Ruakituri), P. H. Graham (Wellington), William Graham (Wharekahika), Stanley Graham (Detroit), Malcolm Graham (Tolaga Bay), and J. G. Graham (Gisborne).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 200. OCLC 154283103.
  2. ↑ "BANKRUPTCY. POVERTY BAY HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 November 1889. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "EARLY SETTLER PASSES. POVERTY BAY HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 17 April 1926. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "PASSING OF A PIONEER. GISBORNE TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 19 April 1926. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "Election Echoes. — Sir James Carroll's Unique Record". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "JOYCE V. KINROSS AND GRAHAM. POVERTY BAY HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 January 1883. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Poverty Bay Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "EARLY SETTLER'S DEATH. POVERTY BAY HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 19 April 1926. Retrieved 27 September 2021.


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