James Mackintosh (politician)

James Mackintosh (18 October 1827 – 9 May 1897) was a 19th-century Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Southland, New Zealand.

Early life

He was born in Lochinver, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, and went to Victoria, Australia as a young man with his father.[1] At Moonee Ponds, he and his brother Murdoch Mackintosh were stock-breeders.[2][3] The 1940 edition of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography lists him as a representative of East Bourke in the Victoria Legislative Assembly, but this is incorrect and based on a confusion with the similarly named James Macintosh.[4]

Mackintosh married Anne (Annie) McLean in 1852. Her father owned the Pollio station on the Darling River.[1]

Life New Zealand

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1890–1893 11th Wallace Liberal
1893–1896 12th Wallace Liberal

The Mackintoshs moved to New Zealand in 1866, where he was also a runholder.[5] He first bought the Strathmore estate in the Otautau district, and later the Gladfield estate.[2] He retired from farming in 1884 and moved to Invercargill.[2]

From 1880 until shortly before his death, Mackintosh was a member of the Southland Education Board.[6] He set up the Aparima road board.[6] Whilst obituaries in The Evening Post (Wellington) and The Star (Christchurch) mention his membership of the Southland Provincial Council,[3][6] his name does not appear on the council's roll compiled by Guy Scholefield in his 1950 edition of the New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949.[7] For a time, he was chairman of the Wallace County Council.[3]

Mackintosh stood in the 1887 election in the Mataura electorate and was beaten by the incumbent, George Richardson.[1][8] He represented the Wallace electorate from the 1890 election for two parliamentary terms.[9] He was an advocate of cheap government loans for settlers.[5] In the 1896 election, the Wallace electorate was contested by five candidates, and Mackintosh came last.[10]

Death

His wife died on 11 May 1880 in Invercargill.[11] Mackintosh died on 9 May 1897.[3] He was 69 years of age, and left seven sons and four daughters.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cyclopedia Company Limited (1905). "Old Colonists". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Otago & Southland Provincial Districts. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 30f. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Obituary". The Star (5871). 13 May 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Macintosh, James". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hamer, David (1988). The New Zealand Liberals: The Years of Power, 1891-1912 (1st ed.). Auckland: Auckland University Press. pp. 98, 364. ISBN 1-86940-014-3.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Obituary". The Evening Post LIII (113). 14 May 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. pp. 224–227.
  8. ↑ "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  9. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  10. ↑ "Otago". Auckland Star. XXVII (305). 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Deaths". The Southland Times (3709). 12 May 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Samuel Hodgkinson		 Member of Parliament for Wallace
1890–1896 		Succeeded by
Michael Gilfedder