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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. John Simpson
Mr. John Simpson was elected to the City Council for Bell Ward, in 1868, but resigned on account of ill health, on the 14th of November, 1869. He was a native of Glasgow, and arrived in New Zealand about 1858. For some time he was in business in the grocery trade, under the style of Simpson and Henderson. Subsequently he was a tobaconist and bookseller, and was joined in partnership by Mr. William Baird, to whom he afterwards sold the business. Shortly after his retirement from the City Council Mr. Simpson died in Dunedin.