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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Andrew Bain , who has been chairman of the Bluff Harbour Board since 1903, and a member since 1896, was born, in 1856, in Aberdeen, Scotland. He went to sea at the age of nine years, and lived mostly on the water until he was twenty years of age, taking a second mate's certificate in 1877. He was a seaman on board the ship “Marlborough,” which arrived in Dunedin in December, 1877, when he removed to Southland, with which he has been associated since January, 1889, He learned the trade of a carpenter in the colony, and began business as a builder in 1886. Mr Bain served for a short time as a member of the Invercargill Borough Council. He has been on the South Invercargill Borough Council since 1880, and has served six terms as Mayor during that time. Mr Bain is also chairman of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, a member of the hospital committee, and is chairman of the South School committee. He has served as a member and director page 885 of the Caledonian Society, and is also a director of the Star-Bowkett Society. Mr Bain is further referred to in connection with the South Invercargill Borough Council, the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, and as a builder. He was married, in 1881, to a daughter of Mr H. Swallow, of Herbert, and has had eight daughters and six sons, of whom two daughters have died.