Cecil de Lautour

Cecil Albert de Lautour (1845 – 15 December 1930) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Otago region of New Zealand.

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1876–1879	6th	Mount Ida		Independent
1879–1881	7th	Mount Ida		Independent
1881–1884	8th	Mount Ida		Independent

He represented the Mount Ida electorate from 1876 to 1884.[1]

In circa 1879, he moved to Napier to pursue a legal career.[2] In July 1884, he travelled to Auckland[3] to contest the Newton electorate in the 1884 election.[4] Thomas Peacock defeated him by 732 to 608 votes.[5]

He stood in the 1893 election in the Waiapu electorate and was beaten by James Carroll.[6]

He died on 15 December 1930.[2]

References

1. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 192. OCLC 154283103.
2. Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Z (PDF). II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 200. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
3. "Auckland". Bay Of Plenty Times. XIII (1708). 8 July 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
4. "Newton". Auckland Star. XXVI (4422). 16 July 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
5. "Ponsonby". Auckland Star. XXVI (4430). 26 July 1884. p. 7. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
6. The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by David Mervyn	Member of Parliament for Mount Ida 1876–1884	Succeeded by Scobie Mackenzie