New Zealand Presbyterian Church

Moderators (Pre 1901)  

The databases below list all Moderators of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand (Northern) and the Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland until the union of the two Churches in 1901.

For a list of Moderators of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand from 1901 to date, please refer to the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand Web Site. 

 

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand (Northern) Moderators 1862 to 1901 :

Date	Moderator's Name
1862	Rev John Macky, M.A.
1863	Rev James Duncan
1864	Rev Charles Fraser, M.A.
1865	Rev Peter Barclay
1866	Rev David Bruce, D.D.
1867	Rev Thomas Norrie
1870	Rev George Morice
1872	Rev John Elmslie, M.A., D.D.
1873	Rev James Hill
1874	Rev Robert McKinney
1875	Rev William S. McGowan
1876	Rev James Paterson
1877	Rev George Barclay
1879	Rev David Sidey, D.D.
1880	Rev Robert F MacNicol
1881	Rev John Ross
1882	Rev William Douglas, M.A.
1883	Rev Robert Sommerville
1884	Rev James Doull
1885	Rev James Treadwell
1886	Rev Thomas Robinson Cairns
1887	Rev George Bisset Monro
1888	Rev James Duncan
1889	Rev Alexander Minty Beatty, M.A.
1890	Rev Henry Brown Burnett
1891	Rev Charles S Ogg, M.A.
1892	Rev John Elmslie, M.A., D.D.
1893	Rev William Gillies
1894	Rev David Gordon, B.A.
1895	Rev Ralph Joshua Allsworth
1896	Rev William Watt
1897	Rev Robert Irwin, M.A., D.D.
1898	Rev Gordon Webster, M.A.
1899	Rev David J Steele, M.A.
1900	Rev WR Campbell, B.A.
1901	Rev J Kennedy Elliott, B.A., D.D.

Presbyterian Synod of Otago & Southland Moderators 1866 to 1901 :

Date	Moderator's Name
Jan 1866	Rev Thomas Burns
Jan 1867	Rev William Will
Jan 1868	Rev Andrew H Stobo
Jan 1868	Rev Alexander B Todd  (Snr)
Jan 1870	Rev William Johnstone, M.A.
Jan 1871	Rev Donald McN. Stuart
Jan 1872	Rev James Kirkland
Jan 1873	Rev William Bannerman
Jan 1874	Rev James H McNaughton
Jan 1875	Rev John M Allan
Jan 1876	Rev Thomas Alexander
Jan 1877	Rev John Gow
Jan 1878	Rev James Clark
Jan 1879	Rev James Copland, M.D., Ch.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Ph.D.
Jan 1880	Rev Michael Watt, M.A., D.D.
Jan 1881	Rev John Christie
Jan 1882	Rev John Ryley
Jan 1883	Rev James Chisholm
Jan 1884	Rev Alexander Greig, M.A.
Jan 1885	Rev Donald Ross
Jan 1886	Rev William Salmond, M.A., D.D.
Jan 1887	Rev James McC. Smith, M.A., B.D.
Oct 1887	Rev James M Davidson, M.A.
Oct 1888	Rev James Baird
Oct-Nov 1889	Rev George Hall, B.A.
Oct-Nov 1890	Rev Alexander M Finlayson, B.A.
Oct-Nov 1891	Rev John Steven
Oct-Nov 1892	Rev Robert Ewen, M.A.
Oct-Nov 1893	Rev John Dunlop, M.A., D.D.
Oct-Nov 1894	Rev Robert R.M. Sutherland, M.A.
Oct-Nov 1895	Rev David Borrie
Oct-Nov 1896	Rev John Lothian
Oct-Nov 1897	Rev William Will
Oct-Nov 1898	Rev George Lindsay
Oct-Nov 1899	Rev William Bannerman, D.D.
Oct-Nov 1900	Rev Jacob U Spence
Oct-Nov1901	Rev James Gibb, D.D.

For additional information on the Moderators listed here, please refer to our "Register of Ministers".