Allan McDonald (New Zealand politician)

For other people named Allan MacDonald, see Allan MacDonald (disambiguation).

Allan McDonald was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1879–1881	7th	East Coast			Independent
1881–1884	8th	East Coast			Independent

1879 election advert placed by McDonald in The Poverty Bay Herald^[1]

He represented the East Coast electorate from 1879 to 1884, when he resigned.^[2] The next year he was elected mayor of Gisborne unopposed,^[3] but resigned before the 1886 election due to the death of his property manager.^[4] He went missing on 24 May 1893, last being seen at a hotel on Flinders Street in Melbourne.^[5]

See also

• List of people who disappeared

References

1. "Electoral Addresses". The Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. VI, no. 861. 12 August 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
3. "ELECTION OF MAYOR". Poverty Bay Herald. Papers Past. 14 November 1885.
4. "BOROUGH COUNCIL". Poverty Bay Herald. Papers Past. 8 September 1886.
5. "A Strange Disappearance". Thames Star. Papers Past. 5 September 1893.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by George Morris	Member of Parliament for East Coast 1879–1884	Succeeded by Samuel Locke