Andrew McRae Davidson (10 November 1894 – 14 October 1982) was a New Zealand teacher, principal, welfare worker and educationalist. He was born in

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, New Zealand on 10 November 1894. He was headmaster of Kurow School from 1927, where he helped create a free medical service for the workers at the

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hydroelectric station. In 1935, he became headmaster at the Macandrew Road School in Dunedin and when the Macandrew Intermediate School was established on the same site in 1940, he became its head until his retirement in 1954.Macandrew Intermediate subsequently merged with Forbury School to become Bathgate Park School Subsequently, he was a member of the

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for 12 years and a justice of the peace.

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