PETRIE, JOSEPH (1848-1908), who was born in Aberdeenshire, came to New Zealand by the Silistria in 1860, and after a few years on the Otago goldfields, settled on the West Coast in 1865. In 1874 he married Miss Creer, and the following year was elected to the Greymouth borough council. He was mayor in 1889-90, and from 1882 to 1884 he sat as member for Greymouth in the House of Representatives. Petrie was part owner and for many years editor of the Greymouth Evening Star. He was a member of the harbour board, the education board and the hospital trustees. He died on 4 May 1908.

Cycl. N.Z., vi; Who's Who N.Z., 1908; Grey River Argus, 5 May 1908.

Reference: Volume 2, page 84

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