Lindo Ferguson

Richard Henry Lindo Ferguson (27 February 1923 − 19 January 2014) was a New Zealand ophthalmologist and politician.

Early life and career Ferguson was born in 1923 in Waimate. He was educated at John McGlashan College and Christ's College. He studied at the University of Otago, graduating in 1947 with a Bachelor of Medicine. His grandfather was the noted ophthalmologist Sir Lindo Ferguson. He entered his family profession and became an eye surgeon.

In 1954 he married Laetitia Margaret Bell with whom he had one son and one daughter.

Political career Ferguson was concerned about the loss of heritage buildings in Auckland which motivated him to enter local body politics. He was deputy mayor from 1971 to 1977. At the 1974 election Grahame Sims, the retiring town clerk, ran for mayor and accused Dove-Myer Robinson of being a C&R stooge. This followed Ferguson endorsing Robinson for the mayoralty. Sims called it "seat warming", insinuating Ferguson would run for mayor at the next election. Despite Sims' prediction Ferguson did not stand for mayor (or re-election to the council) in 1977.

He was also a member of the Auckland Regional Authority (ARA), first elected in 1977. He later served a period as deputy chairman of the ARA.

In the 1987 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to medicine, education, local government and the community.

Ferguson died in the Far North District in 2014, aged 90.