Allan McDonald (New Zealand politician) explained

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

He represented the East Coast electorate from to 1884, when he resigned.^[1] The next year he was elected mayor of Gisborne unopposed,^[2] but resigned before the 1886 election due to the death of his property manager.^[3] He went missing on 24 May 1893, last being seen at a hotel on Flinders Street in Melbourne.^[4]

See also

• List of people who disappeared

Notes and References

1. Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First ed. published 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103 .
2. Web site: ELECTION OF MAYOR . 14 November 1885 . Poverty Bay Herald . Papers Past.
3. Web site: BOROUGH COUNCIL. . 8 September 1886 . Poverty Bay Herald . Papers Past.
4. Web site: A Strange Disappearance. . 5 September 1893 . Thames Star . Papers Past.