McARTHUR, DUNCAN (1806-88) was born in the western Highlands of Scotland. He was for some years landlord of the Tontine hotel at Peebles, and then erected a fine hotel at Oban, where he did much to attract tourists to the district. Arriving in Otago in the early fifties, he decided to settle in Southland.

McArthur was a member of the Makarewa road board and the Southland Provincial Council. After the reunion of the province with Otago he represented Makarewa in the Otago Provincial Council (1871-73) and was a member of the provincial executive in 1871 and 1872. He was later an inspector of forests under the General Government. His death occurred on 25 May 1888.

Pantry Record; Otago P.C. Proc.; Southland Times, 26 May 1888.

Reference: Volume 2, page 4

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