David McDougall

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David (Davie) McDougall (1862 - 1943) was an Independent Member of Parliament for Mataura, in the South Island of New Zealand.

Contents 1 Member of Parliament 1.1 Independent 2 References 3 Further reading

[edit] Member of Parliament

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

[edit] Independent

In the 1935 election McDougall stood as an Independent and was successful (see Wilson & Wood). In 1933, he had voted with Labour members in Parliament on a no-confidence motion and was then excluded from the Coalition Government caucas.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.

[edit] References

[edit] 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)