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Andrew Graham

1843 – 1926

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About Andrew Graham

Lived 1843 – 1926 (aged 82–83). Andrew Graham was a New Zealand politician.

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 to 1889, when he resigned, shortly before his bankruptcy, which he ascribed to mismanagement of his business, whilst he was on a trip to Scotland,

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

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. In 1873 he married Elizabeth Williams. he was a merchant in the firm of Kinross and Graham at Gisborne. His businesses were hit by the 1878 City of Glasgow Bank collapse, of which he was a director. He was the first chairman of Gisborne Harbour Board, chairman of Gisborne Hospital Board and Cook County Council

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).

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Born
1843
Birth century
Died
1926
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament

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Andrew Graham died in 1926.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Andrew Graham

· Wikidata: Q4757151

· DBpedia: Andrew Graham (politician)

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