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James McIndoe (1824 – 4 September 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Dunedin, New Zealand.

Born in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland, McIndoe emigrated to Otago in New Zealand in 1859. He was elected as a member of the Otago Provincial Council in 1867.

He represented the Caversham electorate in 1870, from 25 April to 30 December, when he was defeated. He was one of five candidates in the 1871 Roslyn by-election and came last.

McIndoe was marries to Elizabeth Gillies, a member of a prominent family many of whom also migrated to Dunedin. Her brothers included politicians Thomas, Robert, and John Lillie Gillies. James and Elizabeth had three children, among them the printer John McIndoe.

McIndoe took an interest in local history, publishing A Sketch of Otago in 1878. His newspaper submissions often appeared under the initials 'I.M.I.' He died in Dunedin on 4 September 1905, and was buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.

References

1. ^ "Obituary". Otago Daily Times. 5 September 1905. p. 8. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 215. OCLC 154283103.
3. "Roslyn Election". Otago Witness. No. 1033. 16 September 1871. p. 11. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
4. "Roslyn Election". Evening Star. Vol. IX, no. 2667. 4 September 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
5. "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

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