Alexander Peebles (10 January 1856 – 11 April 1934) was a New Zealand carrier, bush contractor, prospector, mine manager, farmer, local politician and businessman. He was born in

Kingsbarns Kingsbarns is a village and parish in Scotland lies near the eastern coast of Fife, in an area known as the East Neuk, southeast of St Andrews and north of Crail. The name derives from the area being the location of the barns used to store ...

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross ...

, Scotland in 1856. He became a member of the Coromandel County Council in the 1880s. He joined the Whakatane Road Board in 1899, and served as the first chairman of the Whakatane County Council from 1900.

References

1856 births 1934 deaths New Zealand mining businesspeople New Zealand gold prospectors New Zealand businesspeople People from Kingsbarns Scottish emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand city councillors People from Whakatāne {{NewZealand-politician-stub