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In 1842 Wellington had been declared a borough and elected its own mayor. In 1843, while
William Guyton was mayor, the British Government declared the legislation that founded the borough invalid and disbanded the local government there. For the period from 1843 to 1863 Wellington had no local
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Dransfield became mayor in 1870 after
Wellington was declared a city. He was mayor again in 1878, but resigned on 9 May 1879. He had previously been chairman of the town board from 1865 to 1870, and represented Wellington City in the
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Dransfield's brother, C. E. Dransfield, was already in
Wellington when he arrived and had established a general merchant business, which Dransfield eventually took over. They were major
241:, having been a member for a number of years. Dransfield carried on in business until ill health forced his retirement in 1888. He sold out the goodwill and business to the
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authority. In 1863 legislation under the provincial government allowed a town board to be set up. This was followed by legislation that allowed the establishment of the
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by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City
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Death of an old citizen and ex-Mayor, Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11740, 24 September 1906, Page 2
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from 1863 to 1867. He was noted as securing one of
Wellington's more important reclamations.
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is named after him. Dransfield died at
Wellington on 21 September 1906.
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was (briefly) mayor of the previous
Wellington Borough in 1843.
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237:'s fleets. From 1878 to 1879 he was president of the
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208:. He was educated in Huddersfield and migrated to
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93:28 September 1870 – 17 December 1873
1398:Members of the Wellington Provincial Council
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402:Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics
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16:New Zealand mayor (1827–1906)
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291:"Death of Mr J Dransfield"
1408:Immigrants to New Zealand
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1413:People from Huddersfield
586:William Sefton Moorhouse
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243:United Importers Company
256:Wellington City Council
548:elected by councillors
428:A. H. & A. W. Reed
424:The Streets of My City
676:Thomas William Hislop
269:Dransfield Street in
206:Rookery Woollen Mills
1388:Mayors of Wellington
534:Mayors of Wellington
400:Betts, G.M. (1970).
196:Dransfield was born
1423:1870s in Wellington
1355:† Elected unopposed
636:Arthur Winton Brown
616:Arthur Winton Brown
459:Mayor of Wellington
420:Irvine-Smith, F. L.
239:chamber of commerce
182:Mayor of Wellington
46:Mayor of Wellington
444:Political offices
235:M'Meckan Blackwood
1403:British emigrants
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803:Mayoral elections
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788:
761:Kerry Prendergast
606:William Hutchison
591:William Hutchison
496:
495:
487:Succeeded by
482:William Hutchison
469:Succeeded by
375:Irvine-Smith 1948
178:Joseph Dransfield
175:
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162:(aged 78–79)
158:21 September 1906
69:William Hutchison
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766:Celia Wade-Brown
631:Charles Johnston
579:elected at large
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1269:Local elections
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706:Charles Norwood
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570:Charles Borlase
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741:Ian Lawrence
711:George Troup
661:Francis Bell
651:Charles Luke
641:Francis Bell
601:George Allen
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435:No Mean City
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144:Huddersfield
111:Succeeded by
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81:George Allen
76:Succeeded by
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18:
1383:1906 deaths
1378:1827 births
810:Annual term
781:Tory Whanau
776:Andy Foster
731:Frank Kitts
671:John Aitken
626:John Duthie
249:Civic roles
99:Preceded by
64:Preceded by
1372:Categories
751:Fran Wilde
746:Jim Belich
666:John Blair
394:References
363:Betts 1970
351:Betts 1970
339:Betts 1970
320:"Obituary"
192:Background
165:Wellington
696:John Luke
621:Sam Brown
271:Vogeltown
258:in 1870.
220:Lyttelton
210:Australia
202:Yorkshire
150:, England
148:Yorkshire
89:In office
54:In office
422:(1948).
136: (
541:Mayors
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233:, and
215:Falcon
277:Notes
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1276:1986
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1094:1933
1089:1931
1084:1929
1079:1927
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1069:1923
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1059:1919
1053:1917
1048:1915
1032:1914
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1022:1912
1016:1911
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1006:1909
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406:ISBN
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