Alexander Creighton Arthur

Alexander Creighton Arthur was a 19th-century Member of Parliament and Station (New [Zealand agriculture)|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 (New Zealand electorate)|East Coast] electorate from East Coast by-election|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.