John Sangster Macfarlane

John Sangster Macfarlane (1818 – 2 February 1880) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1876–1879 6th Waitemata Independent

He unsuccessfully contested the 1873 by-election for Mongonui and Bay of Islands, and the 1874 by-election for Waitemata.

He then represented the Waitemata electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated.[1]

He was born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland and arrived in Auckland via Sydney. He died in Auckland on 2 February 1880 from cancer of the stomach.[2][3][4]

Two or three years before his death he lost a bet that a "prominent politician" would soon be in Mt Eden (gaol) and Swanson kept and showed but did not cash the cheque for £80 he received from Macfarlane.[5]

References
  1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 215. OCLC 154283103.
  2. "Death". Taranaki Herald in Papers Past. 6 February 1880.
  3. "Death". Auckland Star in Papers Past. 3 February 1880.
  4. "Death". The New Zealand Herald. 3 February 1880 – via Papers Past.
  5. "Mr Macfarlane (page down)". Hawkes Bay Herald. 27 February 1880 – via Papers Past.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Gustav von der Heyde		 Member of Parliament for Waitemata
1876–1879		 Succeeded by
Reader Wood


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