Charles Christie Graham Explained

Charles Christie Graham (22 April 1835 – 27 December 1915) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.

Biography

Born on 22 April 1835 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, Graham was educated at the University of Edinburgh. He emigrated to Victoria in Australia in 1855, and then moved to New Zealand in 1866.^[1]

He represented the Oamaru electorate from an 1869 by-election to 1870, when he retired.^[2]

He died at his home in Dunedin on 27 December 1915,^[3] and was buried in Andersons Bay Cemetery.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Obituary: Mr C. C. Graham . 28 December 1915 . Wairarapa Daily Times . 30 November 2014 . 5.
2. Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First ed. published 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103 . 200.
3. News: Deaths . 28 December 1915 . Otago Daily Times . 30 November 2014 . 4.
4. Web site: Cemeteries search . https://archive.today/20141130090146/http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search?recordid=2135&type=Burial . dead . 30 November 2014 . Dunedin City Council . 30 November 2014 .