The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Elder, David
Elder, David, J.P., son of Douglas Elder, by his wife Euphemia Adam, was born at Dundee on June 19th, 1850, and arrived in Melbourne on August 10th, 1855. He was educated at the Scotch college, and entered the office of Mr. Andrew Lyell, public accountant, in 1865, becoming a partner in the firm in 1874. In 1880 Mr. Elder left the firm to assume the Melbourne managership of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, and in 1890 he was made general manager of the Company in Australia. Mr. Elder is a justice of the peace for the colonies of Victoria and New South Wales, and returning officer for the district of Essendon and Flemington, in the former colony. He was Commissioner of Savings Banks, but resigned the position on visiting England in 1890. Mr. Elder married, on May 23rd, 1873, Miss Emma Turner.