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'''Edward Graham McMinn''' (1843 - 30 May 1883) was a 19th-century [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Waikato Region]] of New Zealand.
Edward Graham McMinn was born in the town of Antrim in Northern Ireland to Francis Joseph McMinn and Mary McMinn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Edward-McMinn/6000000027723173623|title=Edward Graham McMinn|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>
He represented the {{NZ electorate link|Waipa}} electorate from {{By-election link year|Waipa|1878}} to 1879, when he was defeated.<ref>{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103 |page=217}}</ref>
In the {{NZ election link|1879}}, Whitaker won the seat and McMinn came third (Waipa voted on 10 September 1879).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18790912.2.28?query=Waipa&page=2&start_date=10-09-1879&end_date=01-10-1879&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= Waipa Election |work= [[Auckland Star]] |date=12 September 1879 }}</ref> The "Greyite" (Liberal) vote was split.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18790911.2.4?query=Waipa&page=2&start_date=10-09-1879&end_date=01-10-1879&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= The Waikato Times |date=11 September 1879 }}</ref>
He was found dead in his bed at Harapipi southwest of Hamilton, aged 40 years. He had been a staff-sergeant in Von Tempsky's Forest Rangers.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18830331.2.35?query=McMinn&start_date=30-03-1883&end_date=01-05-1883&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= Sudden Death of Mr McMinn |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=31 March 1883 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18830403.2.21?query=McMinn&start_date=30-03-1883&end_date=01-05-1883&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= The Late Mr McMinn |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=3 April 1883 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18830403.2.6?query=McMinn&page=3&start_date=30-03-1883&end_date=01-05-1883&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= The Waikato Times |date=3 April 1883 }}</ref>
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