John Sangster Macfarlane

John Sangster Macfarlane (1818 – 2 February 1880) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1876–1879	6th	Waitemata		Independent

He unsuccessfully contested the 1873 by-election for Mongonui and Bay of Islands, and the 1874 by-election for Waitemata.

He then represented the Waitemata electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated.[1]

He was born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland and arrived in Auckland via Sydney. He died in Auckland on 2 February 1880 from cancer of the stomach.[2][3][4]

Two or three years before his death he lost a bet that a "prominent politician" would soon be in Mt Eden (gaol) and Swanson kept and showed but did not cash the cheque for £80 he received from Macfarlane. [5]

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. 215. OCLC 154283103.
2. "Death". Taranaki Herald in Papers Past. 6 February 1880.
3. "Death". Auckland Star in Papers Past. 3 February 1880.
4. "Death". New Zealand Herald in Papers Past. 3 February 1880.
5. "Mr Macfarlane (page down)". Hawkes Bay Herald in Papers Past. 27 February 1880.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Gustav von der Heyde	Member of Parliament for Waitemata 1876–1879	Succeeded by Reader Wood