Councillor Patrick Dee has been a member of the Hokitika Borough Council since the year 1888. He was born in 1839, in Ireland, where he was educated. Mr. Dee arrived in New Zealand, in August, 1862, and, in 1865, settled on the West Coast. He followed gold mining for some time, commeneed business at Waimea, and subsequently became a general storekeeper at Hokitika.