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David Mervyn

David Mervyn

New Zealand politician

David Hunter Mervyn was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Otago region of New Zealand.

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He represented the Manuherikia electorate from 1867 to 1870 through winning the by-election on 15 May, and then the Mount Ida electorate from 1871 (having won the 17 February general election) to 1875, when he retired.[1]

In 1871 he was censured after an incident in Parliament, during which Wi Parata offered to remove him by force.[2][3]

In 1884 while at Roxburgh he was sued by his housekeeper (Kate Mann) for unpaid wages and for breach of promise of marriage.[4][5] The "breach of promise" case was later withdrawn.[6]

He was referred to in 1891 as the late Mr D. H. Mervyn.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record. Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 117.
  2. [2]
    "Later Parliamentary". Thames Guardian. 7 November 1871.
  3. [3]
    "A Quarter of a Century". Evening Post. 11 July 1992.
  4. [4]
    "New Zealand". Lyttelton Times. 17 May 1884.
  5. [5]
    "Dunedin". Cromwell Argus. 18 March 1884.
  6. [6]
    "Breach of promise case withdrawn". Daily Telegraph. 26 March 1884.
  7. [7]
    "Notes and Queries: Information Wanted". Otago Witness. 6 August 1891.
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