Edwin Mitchelson

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|end = 1884|term = 8th

|electorate = Marsden

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|end = 1887|term = 9th

|electorate = Marsden

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|end = 1890|term = 10th

|electorate = Eden

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|end = 1893|term =11th

|electorate = Eden

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|end = 1896|term = 12th

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Mitchelson was born in Auckland in a cottage on Queen Street in the mid 1840s.{{Cite web| title = Remuera Heritage Walk |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/Documents/remuera-heritage-walk.pdf |author=Remuera Heritage & Hobson Community Board | publisher = Auckland Council| access-date = 31 August 2021}} He developed business interests in timber and kauri gum, shipbuilding, and horse racing and breeding. He was a cabinet minister from 1883 to 1884 and 1887 to 1880 as Minister of Public Works.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|pp=38–40}} From 1887 to 1891 he was Minister of Māori Affairs (called Native Affairs), and from 1889 to 1891 he was Minister of Telegraphs and Postmaster-General.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=40}}

He represented the Marsden electorate from {{NZ election link year|1881}} to 1887, then Eden from {{NZ election link year|1887}} to 1896, when he was defeated (for the City of Auckland electorate).{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=127}}

Mitchelson was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1903 to 1905,{{DNZB|Mogford|Janice C.|2m52|Mitchelson, Edwin – Biography|25 January 2012}} chairman of the Remuera Road Board, and a member of the Legislative Council from 1920 until his death on 11 April 1934.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=81}} He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1921 King's Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=32346 |date=4 June 1921 |page=4533 |supp=2}} He was buried at Purewa Cemetery in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank.{{cite web |title=Notable graves |url= https://www.purewa.co.nz/notable-graves/ |publisher=Purewa Trust Board |access-date=15 February 2021}}

Mitchelson had a wooden mansion built at Muriwai around the year 1902, which he named Oaia, named after Oaia Island.{{cite book|last=Harvey |first=Bob |title=Untamed Coast: Auckland's Waitakere Ranges and Heritage Area |isbn=978-0-908988-67-9 |edition=revised and updated |publisher=Exisle Publishing|location=Auckland|year=2012 |page=187-88}}

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• {{Cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |author-link=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location= Wellington}}

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{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Eden|years=1887–1896}}

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