Alexander Peebles was a New Zealand carrier, bush contractor, prospector, mine manager, farmer, local politician and businessman. He was born in Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland in 1856. He became a member of the Coromandel County Council in the 1880s. He joined the Whakatāne Road Board in 1899, and served as the first chairman of the Whakatane County Council from 1900.
- Occupation
- explorer, politician
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Born
- January 10, 1856
- Died
- April 11, 1934
