Arthur Scoullar

Arthur Scoullar (1830s–1899) was Mayor of Dunedin in 1888.

Arthur Scoullar, Mayor of Dunedin

Scoullar was born in Ayrshire in the 1830s, and was sent to work at the age of 7, making Kilmarnock bonnets. He later completed a cabinet making apprenticeship, and then in 1854 emigrated to Melbourne. After failing to make his fortune on the Victorian goldfields, he crossed to Otago, where he did well on the Central Otago diggings. Scoullar established himself in business in Dunedin in 1863, founding the firm North and Scoullar, which later developed into Scoullar & Chisholm, furniture warehousemen. In 1882, Scoullar's 17-year-old daughter died of typhoid fever.[1]

Scoullar was elected to the city council, and served a term as Mayor from 1888 to 1889.[2]

A Wellington branch of the firm was opened, and it was in that city that Scoullar died in June 1899, after a brief illness. He was survived by his wife and at least one son.[3][4]

References
  1. "Deaths". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. Griffiths, George (September 2005). "Dunedin's 19th Century Mayors" (PDF). Friends of the Hocken Collections Bulletin. 51.
  3. "Obituary: Mr Arthur Scoullar". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. "Deaths". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2020.


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