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Biography: Allen, James

James Allen

James Allen

Before entering national politics in 1887, James Allen was a well-known Dunedin businessman and a sportsman who excelled at rugby and rowing. He was also for a time a Dunedin city councillor.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, General Assembly Library Collection (PAColl-0838)

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Ian McGibbon. 'Allen, James', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996, updated March 2015. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/32/james-allen (accessed 4 June 2026).