David Forsyth Main

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1867–1870	4th	Port Chalmers			Independent

David Forsyth Main (1831 – 27 July 1880) was a 19th-century member of parliament in Otago, New Zealand.

Main was one of three candidates in the Gold Field Towns electorate in the 1866 election, when he came a close second to James Benn Bradshaw.^[1]

Main represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he retired.^[2]

He was a barrister and died in Dunedin aged 48.^[3][4]

References

1. "Declaration of the Poll". Lake Wakatip Mail. No. 304. 28 March 1866. p. 2. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 218. OCLC 154283103.
3. "Death". Otago Witness. 31 July 1880. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
4. "Death". Otago Daily Times. 28 July 1880. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Thomas Dick	Member of Parliament for Port Chalmers 1867–1870	Succeeded by James Macandrew