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

Mr. Peter McGregor

Mr. Peter McGregor , who was a member of the City Council during the years 1888, 1891, and 1894, was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1835. He was brought up as a house painter, and has continuously followed the trade since his arrival in Dunedin in 1859. Mr. McGregor was a member of the Dunedin Licensing Committee for six years, of the Hortioultural Society for twenty-eight years, of the Arthur Street school committee for about seventeen years, and has also been a member of the Dunedin Benevolent and Charitable Aid Boards. He was married in Scotland, in 1857, to Miss Ann Anderson, of Dunfermline, a cousin of Andrew Carnegie, the American millionaire, and has three sons and three daughters.