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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Andrew Loughrey, LL.M

Mr. Andrew Loughrey, LL.M. , who was a Member of the House of Representatives for Linwood in 1887–90, was born in Melbourne, and educated for the Bar. Mr. Loughrey gained his degree at the Melbourne University College, and became a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. For some time he held the position of inspector of schools under the Victorian Education Department. Coming to Christchurch in 1880, he entered into partnership page 97 with Mr. John Holmes, who was subsequently a member of the House of Representatives, under the style of Holmes and Loughrey, which was superseded in 1890 by the style of Loughrey and Lane. At the time of the Russian scare, Mr. Loughrey promoted the formation of the Canterbury Irish Rifles, of which corps he was captain until its disbandment. He was returned to the House of Representatives as a supporter of the Stout-Vogel Government.