James Gordon Stuart Grant ( 1834 – 27 February 1902) was a New Zealand demagogue, journalist and eccentric. He was born in

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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

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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

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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 {{NewZealand-writer-stub