Robert Mitchell (New Zealand politician)

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New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1868 –1869	4th	Waikouaiti			Independent

Robert Mitchell was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.

In 1864, Mitchell was chosen as one of the wardens for the Hawkesbury district.^[1] In 1865, Mitchell was one of the promoters of an Agricultural and Pastoral Association for the Waikouaiti district, covering the same area as the Waikouaiti electorate.^[2]

He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from the 1868 by-election to 1869 when he resigned.^[3]

References

↑ "News of the Week". Otago Witness . No. 643. 26 March 1864. p. 13. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
↑ "The Otago Daily Times". No. 1135. 10 August 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 220. OCLC 154283103.

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[1] "News of the Week". Otago Witness . No. 643. 26 March 1864. p. 13. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

[2] "The Otago Daily Times". No. 1135. 10 August 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

[3] Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 220. OCLC 154283103.

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