Edward Graham McMinn

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Edward Graham McMinn (1843 – 30 May 1883) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region of New Zealand.

Edward Graham McMinn was born in the town of Antrim in Northern Ireland to Francis Joseph McMinn and Mary McMinn.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Edward-McMinn/6000000027723173623|title=Edward Graham McMinn|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-11}}

He represented the {{NZ electorate link|Waipa}} electorate from {{By-election link year|Waipa|1878}} to 1879, when he was defeated.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103 |page=217}}

In the {{NZ election link|1879}}, Whitaker won the seat and McMinn came third (Waipa voted on 10 September 1879).{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18790912.2.28?query=Waipa&page=2&start_date=10-09-1879&end_date=01-10-1879&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= Waipa Election |work= Auckland Star |date=12 September 1879 }} The "Greyite" (Liberal) vote was split.{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18790911.2.4?query=Waipa&page=2&start_date=10-09-1879&end_date=01-10-1879&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= The Waikato Times |date=11 September 1879 }}

He was found dead in his bed at Harapipi southwest of Hamilton, aged 40 years. He had been a staff-sergeant in Von Tempsky's Forest Rangers.{{cite news |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18830331.2.35?query=McMinn&start_date=30-03-1883&end_date=01-05-1883&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= Sudden Death of Mr McMinn |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=31 March 1883 }}{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18830403.2.21?query=McMinn&start_date=30-03-1883&end_date=01-05-1883&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= The Late Mr McMinn |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=3 April 1883 }}{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18830403.2.6?query=McMinn&page=3&start_date=30-03-1883&end_date=01-05-1883&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= The Waikato Times |date=3 April 1883 }}