George McLean (New Zealand politician)
Sir George McLean (1834 – 17 February 1917) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Otago region in New Zealand.
Biography[edit]
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871–1872 | 5th | Waikouaiti | Independent | ||
| 1875 | 5th | Waikouaiti | Independent | ||
| 1875–1879 | 6th | Waikouaiti | Independent | ||
| 1879–1881 | 7th | Waikouaiti | Independent | ||
McLean owned Matanaka Farm near Waikouaiti from February 1878 until 1892.[1]
He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1871 to 1872 when he resigned, and from an 1875 by-election to 1881 when he retired.[2]
McLean held several ministerial appointments under Vogel and Atkinson: Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs from 1 to 13 September 1876 and 12 January to 13 October 1877. He was Collector of Customs from 1 September 1876 to 13 October 1877 and (as a MLC) Commissioner of Trade and Customs from 28 August to 3 September 1884.
On 19 December 1881, he was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council and remained a member until his death on 17 February 1917.[3]
He was knighted in 1909.[2] He had married a daughter of Matthew Holmes.[4] His daughter Georgia Constance McLean married Thomas Wilford in 1892.[5] His brother-in-law, the solicitor John White, unsuccessfully contested the Waikouaiti electorate in the 1899 election.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Matanaka Farm". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ a b Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 217. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 80.
- ^ "Death of a True Colonist". The Southland Times. No. 15057. 28 September 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ Butterworth, Susan. "Wilford, Thomas Mason - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "Otago". The Star. No. 6661. 6 December 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
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