Thomas Young Duncan (1836 – 18 August 1914), sometimes referred to as "Tam Duncan",
was a New Zealand politician of the
Liberal Party
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Early life
Born at
Plumbridge
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,
County Tyrone
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, Ireland, in 1836, Duncan was educated at Castledamph National School. In 1858 he went to
Victoria
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where he worked on the goldfields, and then in 1862 followed the gold rush to
Central Otago
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in New Zealand. After little success, he began farming at
Pukeuri
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, north of Oamaru, and lived there for the remainder of his life.
Political career
He represented the
Waitaki electorate from
1881 to 1890 and then the
Oamaru
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electorate from
1890
Events
January–March
* January 1
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* January 2
** The steamship ...
to 1911, when he was defeated by
Ernest Lee
Ernest Page Lee (27 August 1862 – 19 February 1932) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician of the Reform Party.
Early life
Born in 1862 in Teignmouth, England, he received his education at Cheltenham and London. Aged 18, he started learning ...
. He was appointed to the
New Zealand Legislative Council
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on 13 June 1912 and served until his death in 1914.
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1836 births
1914 deaths
People from County Tyrone
Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
Irish emigrants to New Zealand (before 1923)
New Zealand Liberal Party MPs
New Zealand Liberal Party MLCs
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1911 New Zealand general election
19th-century New Zealand politicians
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