| Andrew Mercer | |
| Office1: | Mayor of Dunedin |
| Term1: | 1873-1874 |
| Birth Place: | Fife, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 6 June |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Grocer, politician |
Andrew Mercer (1829 – 6 June 1902) was Mayor of Dunedin 1873–1874.[1]
Mercer was born in Fifeshire in 1829. After an apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker, he arrived in Port Chalmers aboard the Philip Laing in 1848. According to an 1848 letter home, Mercer intended for his father and other family to join him. Mercer opened a grocery store on Princes Street in Dunedin, in partnership with George Ross, and then alone, and then with his son Hector.[2] Mercer served seven years on the city council, and was a Justice of the Peace. He was elected mayor of Dunedin in 1873 and served one term.[3]
He died in Dunedin on 6 June 1902.[4]