David Henry Guthrie (1856 – 31 March 1927) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

Biography

He was the

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(1922–1923) in the

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Government, and the

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for Oroua from

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, when he retired. He was then appointed to the Legislative Council, from 1925 to 1927 when he died.

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