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

Councillor George Livingstone

Councillor George Livingstone , who represents the Waiareka riding on the Waitaki County Council, was born in May, 1856, in County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was brought up to a country life by his father, who was a farmer. Mr. Livingstone arrived at Port Chalmers in 1876, by the ship “Invercargill,” and settled in the Oamaru district. For the first three years he was employed on the Windsor Park estate. Subsequently, with a partner, he leased land for cropping purposes, and later on leased “Hayfield,” near Ngapara. This property was worked for about fourteen years, and Mr. Livingstone also had an adjoining farm for a time. He acquired his present property on the opening of the Elderslie estate in 1900. Mr. Livingstone served on the Ngapara school committee for fourteen years, and was chairman for a good part of that time, and he was also a member of the Waiareka Road Board. He was connected with the North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society for sixteen years, and was its president in 1901. Mr. Livingstone served as a volunteer in the Otago and the North Otago Hussars. He was married, in 1884, to a daughter of Mr. Thomas Reid, of Ngapara.