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

Mr. John MacGregor

Mr. John MacGregor , M.A., who was nominated to the Upper House by the Ballance Government in 1892, was born, in 1850, at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. He studied at the University of Edinburgh, and graduated M.A. in 1874. In the year following he arrived in Otago, and was admitted a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 1876. He has practised his profesion as a member of the firm of Messrs. Duncan and MacGregor in Dunedin since 1877. Mr. MacGregor introduced a “Divorce Bill” in the Councll, to put women in the same position as men in respect to divorce, and to provide that desertion, drunkenness, and conviction of felony should be grounds for dissolution of marriage. This Bill passed the Upper Chamber, and the second reading in the House of Representatives, but was included in “the slaughter of the innocents” at the end of the session. Mr. MacGregor was instrumental in securing the passing of the “Legitimation Act” of 1894. He afterwards resigned his seat in the Legislative Council.

Unusually High Tide at St. Clair, Dunedin. Armstrong, photo.

Unusually High Tide at St. Clair, Dunedin. Armstrong, photo.