Duncan McFarlane

{{short description|Scottish-born New Zealand politician}}

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|image = File:Duncan McFarlane.jpeg

|order = Mayor of Invercargill

|term_start1 = 1892

|term_end1 = 1893

|predecessor1 = James Walker Bain

|successor1 = Andrew Raeside

|predecessor2 = William Benjamin Scandrett

|successor2 = John Stead

|term_start2 = 1913

|term_end2 = 1917

|birth_date = 1841

|birth_place = Linlithgow, Scotland

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1918|04|20|1841}}

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Duncan McFarlane (1841 – 20 April 1918) was a Scottish-born New Zealand politician. He was a losing candidate in the 1908 Invercargill mayoral election. He served three terms as councillor (1888–1992, 1898–1900, 1906–1913). He was mayor of Invercargill twice (1913–1917). His son Duncan McFarlane Jr was mayor of Gore.{{cite web |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19171004.2.86 |title=OBITUARY. |date=4 October 1917 |publisher=Papers Past}}

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{{s-bef|before=James Walker Bain}}

{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=Mayor of Invercargill|years=1892–1893
1913–1917}}

{{s-aft|after=Andrew Raeside}}

{{s-bef|before=William Benjamin Scandrett}}

{{s-aft|after=John Stead}}

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References

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  • {{cite book

|title = The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Otago & Southland Provincial Districts

|year = 1905

|url = https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-front1-tp1.html

|author=Cyclopedia Company Limited

|accessdate =18 October 2010

|location = Christchurch

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  • {{cite book

|last = Watt

|first = John Oman Percival

|title = Centenary of Invercargill Municipality 1871–1971

|publisher=Times Printing Service

|year = 1971

|location = Invercargill

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