James Walker Bain
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James Walker Bain (1841 – 29 September 1899) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. He was a significant businessman in Invercargill and Southland.
Bain was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1841.[1][2] His parents were the spirit merchant John Bain and his wife, Elizabeth Middlemass.[3] He received his education at the Free Church Normal School and then at a private academy. He started with the printing company Oliver and Boyd and learned the trade of a compositor.[1][4]
He arrived in Port Chalmers in New Zealand, Otago's harbour, on 23 September 1858 on the Jura from Glasgow.[5] His parents, five sisters and one brother arrived in Otago on the Gloucester three months later; one of his sisters was Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain.[3] He initially worked for the Otago Witness[1] before going to Auckland for two years.[4] He moved to Invercargill at the beginning of 1861.[1] Together with George Smallfield, he founded Invercargill's first newspaper, the Southland News and Foveaux Straits Herald, and its first edition was published on 14 February 1861.[1] The paper later became the Southland Daily News and existed until 1967, when it was bought by the rival The Southland Times.[6] Bain founded the Mataura Paper Mill in 1875.[6] He was a significant businessman in Invercargill, was president of the Southland Building Society for the first 30 years of its existence. He was a member of the Southland Education Board for many years, and was at times its chairman.[1]
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He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from Template:NZ election link year to 1881, when he retired.[2] He was Mayor of Invercargill in 1891–1892.[6]
Bain died unexpectedly on the morning of 29 September 1899 after falling ill on 26 September.[1] He was buried at St. John's Cemetery in Invercargill.[6]
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- 1841 births
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- New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates
- Mayors of Invercargill
- Invercargill City Councillors
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1890 New Zealand general election
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election
- 19th-century New Zealand politicians
- Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
- Burials at St John's Cemetery, Invercargill