James Gordon Stuart Grant ( 1834 – 27 February 1902) was a New Zealand demagogue, journalist and eccentric. He was born in
Glenlivet
Glenlivet (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Lìobhait) is the glen in the Scottish Highlands through which the River Livet flows.
The river rises high in the Ladder Hills, flows through the village of Tomnavoulin and onto the Bridgend of Glenlivet, ...
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Banffshire, Scotland in circa 1834.
He unsuccessfully stood in the
1859 Town of Dunedin by-election against
James Macandrew
James Macandrew (1819(?) – 25 February 1887) was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province.
Early life
Macandrew was born in Scotland, prob ...
. He won election to the
Otago Provincial Council
The Otago Province was a province of New Zealand until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.
The capital of the province was Dunedin. Southland Province split from Otago in 1861, but became part of the province again in 1870.
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in an October 1865 by-election and was a member until 1867 when he did not stand for re-election. Instead, he stood for superintendent of the
Otago Province
The Otago Province was a province of New Zealand until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.
The capital of the province was Dunedin. Southland Province split from Otago in 1861, but became part of the province again in 1870.
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but only received 2 of the 3,653 votes cast.
From 1866, he stood in numerous parliamentary elections, including the in the
Caversham electorate,
and the , and for the electorate.
The last election in which he stood was the . when he received one vote (presumably his own).
He died penniless in 1902.
Publications
*''The Cynic'', Dunedin 1875
References
1830s births
1902 deaths
New Zealand journalists
Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
People from Banffshire
Members of the Otago Provincial Council
19th-century New Zealand journalists
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1866 New Zealand general election
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