About Archibald Burns
Lived 1867 – 1950 (aged 82–83). Archibald Burns was a New Zealand politician.
The Hon. Archibald Burns (1867 – 22 December 1950) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1934 to 1941.
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Burns was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1867, to parents who had "arrived in the sixties". He started his own family by married Sophia McLaren in Melbourne in 1893. They'd go on to have four children: three daughters and a son. During his mayoralty, he became a justice of the peace. He was a grand officer of the New Zealand Freemasons. He served one seven-year term until 21 June 1941. He retained his membership of the Auckland Education Board during and after his membership of the Legislative Council.
He died on 22 December 1950.
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Archibald Burns was born in 1867 in Auckland.
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Archibald Burns died on 22 December 1950.
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