David Forsyth Main (1831 – 27 July 1880) was a 19th-century

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, New Zealand. Main was one of three candidates in the electorate in the , when he came a close second to James Benn Bradshaw. Main represented the

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electorate from to 1870, when he retired. He was a barrister and died in Dunedin aged 48.

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