Mr. D. Pinkerton,

Senior Member for Dunedin.

Mr. D. Pinkerton,

David Pinkerton was born at the village of Kirknewton, nine miles from Edinburgh, in 1836, and is thus 59 years of age. He was educated at the parish school and at private schools. He arrived in Otago about 1860, and in Dunedin followed the business of bootmaking, which he had learned in Scotland, until his election to the House in 1890. He had held no public official positions prior to his election, but had taken a very active part in Friendly Societies, Trades Unions, &c., and at the time of his election was President of the Otago Trades and Labour Council. Mr. Pinkerton is Chairman of the Petitions Classification Committee.

Votes recorded, 34,584 on roll, 16,936 Women on roll, 7644, of whom 6306 voted.