Charles Christie Graham (22 April 1835 – 27 December 1915) was a 19th-century

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, New Zealand.

Biography

Born on 22 April 1835 in

Cupar Cupar ( ; gd, Cùbar) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth-largest settlement in Fif ...

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, Scotland, Graham was educated at the

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. He emigrated to

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in Australia in 1855, and then moved to New Zealand in 1866. He represented the

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electorate from an 1869 by-election to 1870, when he retired. He died at his home in Dunedin on 27 December 1915, and was buried in

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