John Sangster Macfarlane (1818 – 2 February 1880) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in

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, New Zealand. He unsuccessfully contested the for , and the for . He then represented the Waitemata electorate from

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to 1879, when he was defeated. He was born in

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, Scotland and arrived in Auckland via Sydney. He died in Auckland on 2 February 1880 from cancer of the stomach. Two or three years before his death he lost a bet that a "prominent politician" would soon be in Mt Eden (gaol) and

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kept and showed but did not cash the cheque for £80 he received from Macfarlane.

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1818 births 1880 deaths 19th-century New Zealand politicians Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates People from Haddington, East Lothian Unsuccessful candidates in the 1879 New Zealand general election {{NewZealand-politician-stub