Obituary.
Mr jScobie MacKenzie died on Sunday.
[Mr Soobie MacKenzie oomes of a Scotch fami'y who settled in British Guiana in the earl> portion ot the century. His father waa a planter, but, suffering reverses at the time of the emancipation, returned to Scotland. Mr MacKenzie was born in Ross-shire in 1845, and was educated in Edinburgh. He came out to Victeria in 1860, and took to station life. In 1870 be was appointed manager of Deep Dell Station, Macraes, and five years later purchased Kyeburn station, which he still holds, though his principal vocation is journalism. He entered Parliament in 1884 as member for Mi. Ida. He took a prominent part in the overthrow of the Stout-Vogel Government, and in 1887 had to fight against Sir Robert Stout, who took the platform in support of Mr Hodges' candidature. Mr MacKenzie gave Sir Robert perhaps the first serious reverse his political career. In 1890, Mt Ida having been joined to Waihemo, he fought a memorable battle with thegMinister for Lands, and waa defeated. Mr MacKenzie's famous ieply to Mr Seddon at Kaitangata on the occasion of the bye-election may be termed almost historical. In 1894 he con» tested the Tuapeka seat with MrLarnach, bat was defeated by a narrow majority. In '96 he was returned for Dunedin city, but was defeated in '99.]
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Dunstan Times, Issue 2095, 17 September 1901, Page 5
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