George Lumsden
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Biography
Template:NZ parlbox header Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox footer Lumsden was born in Fife, Scotland, in 1815. He learned the trade of watchmaker from his uncle at Pittenweem. Lumsden and his wife Christina (née Anderson, married 1842) emigrated to Geelong, Australia, in 1858 on the Ravenseraig. He joined the gold rush in Ballarat, but returned to his watchmakers shop in Geelong. In 1861, they moved to Invercargill.[1]
He was Mayor of Invercargill in 1873–1874 and again in 1878–1879.[2] He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from 1875 to 1878, when he resigned,[3] as absence from his jewellery shop was affecting his business.[1]
The Lumsdens had eight children. Their son Thomas James Lumsden was born in 1854.[1]
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- 1815 births
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- Burials at Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Members of the Otago Provincial Council
- Members of the Southland Provincial Council
- Invercargill City Councillors
- Mayors of Invercargill
- New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1871 New Zealand general election
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1884 New Zealand general election