Alexander Creighton Arthur

Alexander Creighton Arthur was a 19th-century Member of Parliament and runholder from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.

Biography

Arthur, known as "A.C.", was one of Gisborne's earliest settlers, arriving in the 1870s. He was a owned the Willows estate at Matahero. He also owned the Tokomaru Bay and Whatatutu stations.
He represented the East Coast electorate from December 1889 to 1890, when he was defeated.
In the mid-1890s Arthur moved to England. He died on 9 January 1914 in London. He was survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.