About Francis Wallace Mackenzie
Lived 1824 – 1892 (aged 67–68). Francis Wallace Mackenzie was a New Zealand politician.
Francis Wallace Mackenzie (1824 – 5 December 1892) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.
Mackenzie was born in Ross-shire, Scotland, in 1824. Aged 16, he sailed to India with the East India Company. He left just before the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and bought land at the Pomahaka River in Otago, New Zealand. There, he set up his farm 'Glenkenich', and the locality, near Tapanui, is now known as Pomahaka. Mackenzie served as a member of the Otago Provincial Council. At the Mackenzie stood in the electorate, and was initially declared the winner with a one-vote majority. However, a recount resulted in the result being reversed, with Hugh Valentine being elected.
Mackenzie died at his home, Glenkenich Station, on 5 December 1892.
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New Zealand politician (1824–1892)
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