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1895 Invercargill Mayoral Election
The 1895 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 27 November 1895 as part of that year's local elections. John Sinclair defeated former mayor John Walker Mitchell. Results The following table gives the election results: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Invercargill Mayoral Election, 1895 1895 elections in New Zealand Mayoral elections in Invercargill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sinclair (mayor)
John Sinclair (1827–1906) was an alderman and mayor of the Town of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. Personal life John Sinclair was born at Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 8 December 1827, the son of John Sinclair and Jane Smith. John Sinclair married Jane Kelman in Brisbane on 11 August 1857.Queensland Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages They had several children (most of whom died in infancy): * Jessie Jane Sinclair, born about 1859, married to George Robert Townsend on 23 February 1881"Mrs George Townsend" The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday 1 August 1933, page 14 * John Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 10 May 1860, died 9 January 1863 * Christine Swan Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 2 April 1862, died in Brisbane on 7 January 1863 * Margaret Callander Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 18 December 1863 * James Swan Sincla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sinclair (New Zealand Mayor)
John Sinclair may refer to: Politicians * Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet (1754–1835), politician and writer on agriculture and finance *John Sinclair (Australian politician) (1807–1890), MLA for North Melbourne *John Mitchell Sinclair (1819–1890), South Australian politician *Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet (1825–1912), Scottish politician and landowner *John Sinclair (mayor) (1827–1906), mayor of Brisbane *John Sinclair (Ayr Burghs MP) (1842–1892), Liberal MP for Ayr Burghs * John Howard Sinclair (1848–1924), Canadian politician * John Sinclair (New Zealand politician) (1850–1940), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland (1860–1925), Scottish politician * John Ewen Sinclair (1879–1949), Canadian politician *John William Sinclair (1879–?), politician in Ontario, Canada * John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso (born 1953), British Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland Music and poetry * John Sinclair (poet) (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Walker Mitchell
John Walker Mitchell (1832 – 23 July 1914) was a Scottish-born New Zealand politician. He immigrated to New Zealand from Australia in 1862. He was a losing candidate in the 1871 Invercargill mayoral election and 1895 Invercargill mayoral election. He was twice mayor of Invercargill (1875–1876, 1889–1890) and served as Councillor for two terms (1873–1875, 1887–1889). Sources * * External linksMr. John Walker Mitchell, NZETCBrief History of Eastern Cemetery – past mayors Bibliography *The Statutes of New Zealand, page 20. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, John Walker 1832 births 1914 deaths Invercargill City Councillors Mayors of Invercargill Scottish emigrants to New Zealand People from Perthshire Burials at Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Benjamin Scandrett
William Benjamin Scandrett (7 February 1840 – 23 September 1917) was a New Zealand politician. He migrated from England to New Zealand in 1855, and moved to Invercargill in 1862. He was the first town clerk of Invercargill after it was proclaimed a municipality, serving from 1871 to 1893. He was deputy mayor of Invercargill twice (1902 and 1911) and mayor of Invercargill three times (1894–1895, 1904–1909 and 1912–1913). Scandrett married Susannah Hinton Milstead and had five children. See also * 1894 Invercargill mayoral election * 1912 Invercargill mayoral election References Sources * * External linksSouthland and its Resources: Being a Paper on the Resources of the District of Southland, Otago, New Zealand... Read at a Meeting of the Southland Institute, Invercargill, on 18 September 1883; Together With Comments by Members in The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 22Brief History of Eastern Cemetery– past mayors {{DEFAULTSORT:Scandrett, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawera And Normanby Star
The ''Hawera and Normanby Star'' is a newspaper published in Taranaki, New Zealand. History The newspaper was first published on 10 April 1880. It ceased publication as a commercial newspaper in 1977, after which it has continued as a community newspaper Community journalism is locally-oriented, professional news coverage that typically focuses on city neighborhoods, individual suburbs or small towns, rather than metropolitan, state, national or world news. If it covers wider topics, community j .... References Newspapers published in New Zealand Taranaki Newspapers established in 1880 1880 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Elections In New Zealand
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter (National Trust), Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982#January, 1982, and again in 1995#December, 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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