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Duff was approached to stand in the seat as the
National Party candidate to succeed Riddiford. Ultimately he did not end up standing. He often took a non-partisan line and went against his Citizens' colleagues more than once notably on the city-wide electricity price hike and the conversion of both
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Even after he "retired" in 1969, he still worked over 40 hours a week for the many private and community causes he was affiliated with. From 1976 to 1979 he was
President of the New Zealand Electrical Supply Authority. He was also President of the Electrical Development Association, Chairman of the
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Authorities of New Zealand, deputy chairman of the Wellington Regional Water Board and a board member of the Wellington District Licensing Committee and an executive member of the New Zealand Traffic Institute. He was Chairman of Directors of the Wellington
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Despite declining health he continued his public service, though he decided to stand down from the city council after suffering a heart attack in 1979, though was still on the
Harbour Board and regional council (which met less regularly). Duff died at his home in
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later described Duff as an "extremely good" councillor. Duff was considered for the position of deputy mayor following the 1974 election, for which the media speculated him as the frontrunner due to his seniority. However second term councillor
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ticket and held a seat continuously until he retired from the council in 1980. At the time of his retirement in 1980 he was
Wellington's longest ever serving city councillor, 21 years over seven terms. Wellington Mayor Sir
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was instead chosen. Duff was acting Mayor for one month in 1977 while both Fowler and his deputy
Lawrence were overseas, the first time in decades that both the mayor and deputy were overseas at the same time.
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which he thought was the city's most important asset and was for many years the
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and worked on a local dairy farm for one year. He then began a career in the advertising industry which would last 43 consecutive years, first as a salesman then as
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