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David Goldie
16th Mayor of Auckland City
In office 21 December 1898 – 8 May 1901
Preceded by	Peter Dignan
Succeeded by	John Logan Campbell
Personal details
Born	1842 (1842) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died	(1926-06-08)8 June 1926 Auckland, New Zealand
Political party	Liberal
Relations	C. F. Goldie (son)

David Goldie (1842 – 8 June 1926) was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1898 to 1901 and a Member of Parliament in New Zealand. The artist C. F. Goldie was his son.

Biography

Early life

Born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1842, Goldie emigrated to New Zealand in 1863.

He was a prominent timber merchant, a strict Primitive Methodist, and one-time Grand Master of the New Zealand Grand Orange Lodge.

He was the father of artist C. F. Goldie.

Political career

On 27 November 1873, Goldie was elected to the Auckland Provincial Council for the Auckland West electorate. He remained a councillor until the abolition of provincial government at the end of 1876.

Goldie contested the Auckland West electorate in a by-election on 4 March 1879. The by-election was caused by the resignation of Patrick Dignan, who also stood in this contest. Dignan and Goldie received 261 and 776 votes, respectively, and with a majority of 515 votes, Goldie was declared elected. He served until the dissolution of parliament on 15 August of that year.

Goldie represented the Auckland West electorate again from 1887 to 1890. He then represented the Newton electorate from 1890 to 1891 as a Liberal MP, when he resigned.

In December 1898, Goldie was elected mayor of Auckland. He was returned without opposition to this role in 1899 and 1900. He retired as mayor prior to the municipal elections in April 1901 rather than toast the visiting Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York with alcohol later that year. He was replaced as mayor for the jubilee year by the Father of Auckland, Sir John Logan Campbell.

Death

He died at his home in Auckland on 8 June 1926 and was buried at Purewa Cemetery.

Notes

1. ^ "A life of service". The New Zealand Herald. 9 June 1926. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
2. "Goldie, David". Tasmanian Government. December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
3. "Late Mr. D. Goldie". Auckland Star. Vol. LVII, no. 137. 11 June 1926. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
4. Scholefield 1950, p. 183.
5. "Auckland". The Evening Post. Vol. XVII, no. 360. 5 March 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
6. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 100.
7. "Presentation to the mayor". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 11631. 19 April 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
8. "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

References

• Scholefield, Guy (1950) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.

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