Mackay John Scobie Mackenzie (23 January 1845 – 15 September 1901), known as Scobie, was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Biography
Mackenzie was born in
Tain
Tain ( Gaelic: ''Baile Dhubhthaich'') is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland.
Etymology
The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The ...
in Scotland in 1845. He moved from
Victoria
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* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
to the
Otago
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region in 1870 to manage the Deepdell sheep station on an invitation by
Donald McLean and
Matthew Holmes. He married Jessy Adela Bell in 1876, the only daughter of
Dillon Bell
Sir Francis Dillon Bell (8 October 1822 – 15 July 1898) was a New Zealand politician of the late 19th century. He served as New Zealand's third Minister of Finance (New Zealand), Minister of Finance (the first parliamentary finance minister), ...
.
He first stood for the House of Representatives in the in the
Mount Ida
In Greek mythology, two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida, the "Mountain of the Goddess": Mount Ida in Crete, and Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey), which was also known as the '' Phrygian Ida'' ...
electorate and was only narrowly beaten by the incumbent,
Cecil de Lautour
Cecil Albert de Lautour (1845 – 15 December 1930) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Otago region of New Zealand.
He represented the Mount Ida electorate from 1876 to 1884.
In circa 1879, he moved to Napier to pursue a legal ...
.
He represented the Mount Ida electorate from
1884
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London.
* January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London.
* January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...
to
1893
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America.
* Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson.
* January 6 – Th ...
, when he was defeated for
Waihemo
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T ...
.
In 1884 he supported the
Stout–Vogel Ministry and became the government's
Whip
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.
However Mackenzie would later leave the Stout-Vogelites in protest of new
tariff
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s and the notion of female enfranchisement, joining the opposition conservative MPs.
In 1894 he came second in the for .
He then represented the multi-member
City of Dunedin electorate from
1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
to
1899
Events January 1899
* January 1
** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.
** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City.
* January 2 –
**Bolivia sets up a c ...
when he was defeated.
Mackenzie died at his home in
Dunedin
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on 15 December 1901, and was buried at
Andersons Bay Cemetery
Andersons Bay Cemetery is a major cemetery in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located to the southeast of the city centre, on a rocky outcrop which forms the inland part of Lawyers Head, a promontory which juts into the Pacific Ocean. The ...
.
References
1845 births
1901 deaths
19th-century New Zealand politicians
Burials at Andersons Bay Cemetery
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
New Zealand MPs for Dunedin electorates
New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
People from Ross and Cromarty
Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1881 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1893 New Zealand general election
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1899 New Zealand general election
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