Charles Macmillan
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Early life
Macmillan was born in Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies in December 1872.[1] His father, Donald Macmillan,[2] had been a paymaster with the Royal Navy and was later a sugar planter.[1] His mother, Maria Elise Barca, was the Baroness de la Barca, the daughter of Baron de la Barca.[3] Following an uprising by workers in 1879, the Macmillans left Saint Croix.[3]
Macmillan came to New Zealand with his parents and two siblings on the May Queen in 1881.[2] They were part of the George Vesey Stewart Special Settlement to Te Puke, however his father wanted to be closer to the sea and thus bought land at Katikati.[2]
In 1900, he married Ethel Latham. They moved to Tauranga in 1908.[3]
Political career
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Macmillan was the 15th Mayor of Tauranga and served from 1915 to 1917. In the 1915 mayoral election, he defeated John Cuthbert Adams.[4] In the 1917 mayoral election, Adams narrowly defeated Macmillan (by 292 to 276 votes).[5]
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Death
Macmillan died in Tauranga on 9 January 1941.[1] He was survived by his wife, his son, two daughters, and two sisters.[3]
Notes
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References
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- 1872 births
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- People from Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Mayors of Tauranga
- Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates
- People from the Danish West Indies
- Immigrants to New Zealand
- Ministers of agriculture of New Zealand