Hugh McIlraith was a 19th-century
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
from
Canterbury
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, New Zealand.
He represented the
Cheviot electorate from to 1884, when he retired.
References
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
19th-century New Zealand politicians
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