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Charles Christie Graham

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Charles Christie Graham (22 April 1835 – 27 December 1915) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.

Biography

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1869–1870 4th Oamaru Independent

Born on 22 April 1835 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, Graham was educated at the University of Edinburgh. He emigrated to Victoria in Australia in 1855, and then moved to New Zealand in 1866.[1]

He represented the Oamaru electorate from an 1869 by-election to 1870, when he retired.[2]

He died at his home in Dunedin on 27 December 1915,[3] and was buried in Andersons Bay Cemetery.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary: Mr C. C. Graham". Wairarapa Daily Times. 28 December 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 200. OCLC 154283103.
  3. ^ "Deaths". Otago Daily Times. 28 December 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Oamaru
1869–1870
In abeyance
Title next held by
Samuel Shrimski