Career
Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1842, Goldie emigrated to New Zealand in 1863. He was a prominent timber merchant, and a strict Primitive Methodist who resigned as Mayor of Auckland rather than toast the visiting Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York with alcohol. He was replaced as mayor for the jubilee year by the Father of Auckland, Sir Logan Campbell.
He was the father of artist C. F. Goldie.
Goldie contested the Auckland West electorate in a by-election on 4 March 1879. The by-election was caused by the resignation of Patrick Dignan, who also stood in this contest.
Dignan and Goldie received 261 and 776 votes, respectively, and with a majority of 515 votes, Goldie was declared elected. He served until the dissolution of parliament on 15 August of that year.
Goldie represented the Auckland West electorate again from 1887 to 1890.
He then represented the Newton electorate from 1890 to 1891 as a Liberal Member of Parliament, when he resigned. He died at his home in Auckland on 8 June 1926 and was buried at Purewa Cemetery.
