William Barron (1837 – 16 June 1916) was a 19th-century
Member of Parliament from
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of S ...
, New Zealand.
Born in
St Andrews
St Andrews (; ; , pronounced ʰʲɪʎˈrˠiː.ɪɲ is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourth-largest settleme ...
, Scotland in 1837, Barron arrived in New Zealand in 1851. He first spent time as a miner and merchant on the Otago goldfields before engaging in business in Dunedin. He served as Grand Master of the New Zealand Lodge of Freemasons.
He represented the
Caversham electorate from 1879 to 1890, when he retired.
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1837 births
1916 deaths
People from St Andrews
Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand businesspeople
New Zealand MPs for Dunedin electorates
Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Independent MPs of New Zealand
New Zealand Freemasons
Burials at Dunedin Northern Cemetery
Unsuccessful candidates in the 1890 New Zealand general election
19th-century New Zealand politicians
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