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Allan McDonald was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the
Gisborne Region
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of New Zealand.
He represented the
East Coast
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electorate from to 1884, when he resigned. The next year he was elected
mayor of Gisborne
The Mayor of Gisborne officiates over the Gisborne District
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unopposed, but resigned before the 1886 election due to the death of his property manager. He went missing on 24 May 1893, last being seen at a hotel on
Flinders Street in
Melbourne
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.
See also
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List of people who disappeared
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References
1890s missing person cases
19th-century New Zealand politicians
Mayors of Gisborne, New Zealand
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Missing person cases in Australia
New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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