Edwin Mitchelson

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Member of Parliament

Template:NZ parlbox header Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox footer 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.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

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).Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn 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]

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