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David Forsyth Main

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1867–1870 4th Port Chalmers Independent

David Forsyth Main (1831 – 27 July 1880) was a 19th-century member of parliament in Otago, New Zealand.

Main was one of three candidates in the Gold Field Towns electorate in the 1866 election, when he came a close second to James Benn Bradshaw.[1]

Main represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he retired.[2]

He was a barrister and died in Dunedin aged 48.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Declaration of the Poll". Lake Wakatip Mail. No. 304. 28 March 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 218. OCLC 154283103.
  3. ^ "Death". Otago Witness. 31 July 1880.
  4. ^ "Death". Otago Daily Times. 28 July 1880.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Port Chalmers
1867–1870
Succeeded by