Alexander Peebles

Alexander Peebles (10 January 1856 – 11 April 1934) 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 Whakatane Road Board in 1899, and served as the first chairman of the Whakatane County Council from 1900.

He was also an exceptional rugby player, recently compared on a Sky Sport commentary to a hybrid of Dan Carter and Jim Hamilton (Scotland and Saracens).