John Andrew MacPherson was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 politician of the Liberal Party

New Zealand Liberal Party

The New Zealand Liberal Party is generally regarded as having been the first real political party in New Zealand. It governed from 1891 until 1912. Out of office, the Liberals gradually found themselves pressed between the conservative Reform Party and the growing Labour Party...

 and the United Party

United Party (New Zealand)

The United Party of New Zealand, a party formed out of the remnants of the Liberal Party, formed a government between 1928 and 1935, and in 1936 merged with the Reform Party to establish the National Party...

.

He represented the Mount Ida

Mount Ida (New Zealand electorate)

Mount Ida was a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1893, and then from 1902 to 1908.The electorate was represented by five Members of Parliament:*David Hunter Mervyn from 1871 to 1875...

 seat from 1905

New Zealand general election, 1905

The New Zealand general election of 1905 was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 16th session of the New Zealand Parliament...

 to 1908

New Zealand general election, 1908

The New Zealand general election of 1908 was held on Tuesday, 17 November, 24 November and 1 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 2 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 17th session of the New Zealand Parliament...

, when he was defeated (though in 1908 he was standing for the replacement seat of Tuapeka

Tuapeka (New Zealand electorate)

Tuapeka is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand.-Members of Parliament:Key From 1855 to 1862 Vincent Pyke represented Castlemaine and Castlemaine Boroughs in the Victorian Legislative Assembly....

).

In 1922

New Zealand general election, 1922

The New Zealand general election of 1922 was held on Monday, 6 December in the Māori electorates, and on Tuesday, 7 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament...

 he won the Oamaru

Oamaru (New Zealand electorate)

Oamaru was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, during three periods between 1866 and 1978.-History:The electorate existed three times: from 1866 to 1870, 1881 to 1957, and then from 1969 to 1978....

 seat from Ernest Lee

Ernest Lee

Ernest Page Lee was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.He was the Member of Parliament for Oamaru from 1911 to 1922, when he was defeated in the 1922 election....

. The election was declared void, but MacPherson won the subsequent by-election.

Lee won the seat back from MacPherson in the 1925 general election

New Zealand general election, 1925

The New Zealand general election of 1925 was held 4 November to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament...

, but again lost it to MacPherson in the 1928 general election

New Zealand general election, 1928

The New Zealand general election of 1928 was held on Tuesday, 13 November in the Māori electorates, and on Wednesday, 14 November in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 23rd session of the New Zealand Parliament...

. MacPherson then held it until 1935

New Zealand general election, 1935

The 1935 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 25th term. It resulted in the Labour Party's first electoral victory, with Michael Joseph Savage becoming the first Labour Prime Minister...

, when he was defeated.

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