David McDougall

David (Davie) McDougall (14 July 1858 - 7 November 1943) was a United Party and an Independent Member of Parliament for Mataura, in the South Island of New Zealand.

Member of Parliament

David McDougall represented the Mataura Electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for ten years from 1928 to 1938.

Independent

In the 1928 and 1931 elections he was elected as a United Party MP. In 1933, he had voted with Labour members in Parliament on a no-confidence motion and was then excluded from the Coalition Government caucus.^[1] In the 1935 election McDougall stood as an Independent, and was not opposed by Labour. He was successful (see Wilson & Wood), and generally voted with Labour ^[2]

Davie McDougall was a conspicuous figure in Parliament with his tartan waistcoat and colourful language and behaviour. John A Lee wrote that McDougall developed a habit of "peppering his talk with humorous asides" which became part of his style as a politician.^[3]

McDougall served on the Gore Borough Council and was Mayor of Gore in 1913, 1915–19, 1921–23 and 1927-28. Born in Glasgow, Scotland he came to New Zealand in 1884.

Davie McDougall "spoke out for the social and economic progress for the people he represented so well and carved for himself a unique place in New Zealand's political history" (Leslie McKay, 1969).

References

1. ^ Dictionary of NZ Biography-Hallam Smith, p.307
2. ^ Political Parties in New Zealand by R. S. Milne, p. 76 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1966)
3. ^ Thomson, pp. 298-99

Parliament of New Zealand
Preceded by George James Anderson	Member of Parliament for Mataura 1928–1938	Succeeded by Thomas Lachlan MacDonald

Further reading

• Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament Edited by G.A. Wood (1996, Otago University Press, Dunedin)
• The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 by J.O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
• Southern People: A Dictionary of Otago and Southland Biography Edited by Jane Thomson (1998, Dunedin City Council, Dunedin)

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Name	Macdougall, David
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Date of birth	1862
Place of birth
Date of death	7 November 1943
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