Edwin Mitchelson

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Member of Parliament

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Mitchelson was born in Auckland in a cottage on Queen Street in the mid 1840s.[1] He developed business interests in timber and kauri gum, shipbuilding, and horse racing and breeding.[1] He was a cabinet minister from 1883 to 1884 and 1887 to 1880 as Minister of Public Works.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". From 1887 to 1891 he was Minister of Māori Affairs (called Native Affairs), and from 1889 to 1891 he was Minister of Telegraphs and Postmaster-General.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

He represented the Marsden electorate from Template:NZ election link year to 1887, then Eden from Template:NZ election link year to 1896, when he was defeated (for the City of Auckland electorate).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Later years

Mitchelson was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1903 to 1905,[2] chairman of the Remuera Road Board,[1] and a member of the Legislative Council from 1920 until his death on 11 April 1934.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1921 King's Birthday Honours.[3] He was buried at Purewa Cemetery in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank.[4]

Personal life

Mitchelson had a wooden mansion built at Muriwai around the year 1902, which he named Oaia, named after Oaia Island.[5]

Notes

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References

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