David Forsyth Main
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867–1870 | 4th | Port Chalmers | Independent | ||
David Forsyth Main (1831 – 27 July 1880) was a 19th-century member of parliament in Otago, New Zealand.
Main was one of three candidates in the Gold Field Towns electorate in the 1866 election, when he came a close second to James Benn Bradshaw.[1]
Main represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he retired.[2]
He was a barrister and died in Dunedin aged 48.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Declaration of the Poll". Lake Wakatip Mail. No. 304. 28 March 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 218. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Death". Otago Witness. 31 July 1880.
- ^ "Death". Otago Daily Times. 28 July 1880.
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