John Lillie Gillies

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
18731875 5th Waikouaiti Independent

John Lillie Gillies (1832 – 27 September 1897) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Otago Region of New Zealand. He was from Rothesay, Bute on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.[1]

He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1873 to 1875, when he resigned.[2]

He was Secretary to the Harbour Board when he died aged 65y, and had been Provincial Treasurer and Speaker of the Otago Provincial Council. [3]

He was the brother of Thomas Gillies and Robert Gillies.[4][5]

References

  1. "Dunedin death". Otago Daily Times. 28 September 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 199. OCLC 154283103.
  3. "Dunedin: Deaths". Oamaru Mail. 27 September 1897. p. 1. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. "In Memoriam. Robert Gillies.". Evening Post. XXXII (24). 15 June 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  5. "The Late Robert Gillies". Bruce Herald XVII (1759). 18 June 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2011.


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