Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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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]