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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Alexander George Christopher

Mr. Alexander George Christopher , who was elected to represent Leith Ward in the Dunedin City Council in 1898, and re-elected in 1901, is a native of New South Wales. He was born at Singleton in 1870, and is a son of the late Alexander MacKenzie Christopher, a large runholder, who died in 1872. His widowed mother then settled in Dunedin, where he was educated at private and public schools, chiefly the Albany Street public school. Shortly after leaving school he entered the office of the late Mr. Edward Cook, barrister and solicitor, and, later on, he spent five years with Mr. Fraser, now Crown Prosecutor for Otago. Towards the end of that term he was associated with Mr. Brinsley in the establishment of the now thriving firm of Messrs Brinsley and Co., range makers, and at the expiration of the fifth year with Mr. Fraser, he left to assist in the conduct of the business, of which he was one of the promoters. Three years later he sold his interest in the firm, and began on his own account as a commission agent; a calling which he still follows. In 1897 Mr., Christopher was appointed a Justice of the Peace, and in 1896 he was gazetted a Visiting Justice of Her Majesty's gaols. He has since resigned the Commission of the Peace. For several years Mr. Christopher took an active interest in politics as a member of the Dunedin Liberal Association. During the eighties and early nineties he was an active footballer, and was a member of the Union Football Club.