Lyttelton Harbour Board

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Original Lyttelton Harbour Board offices with earthquake damage; the top story has since been rebuilt to a modern design

The Lyttelton Harbour Board was established on 10 January 1877 to manage Lyttelton Harbour. [1] The harbour had previously been managed by the Canterbury Provincial Council, but provincial government ceased to exist on 1 January 1877. The harbour board was governed by members elected during local elections. [2] Lyttelton Harbour Board was disestablished through the 1989 local government reforms, with its functions transferred to the Lyttelton Port Company.

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The Lyttelton Harbour Board held its first meeting on 18 January 1877. [3] The ten inaugural members were Edward Richardson, John Hall, Hugh Murray-Aynsley, Peter Cunningham, Richard James Strachan Harman, David Craig, John Anderson, Edward George Wright, Henry Sawtell, and John T. Rouse. Richardson was unanimously elected as the inaugural chairman. [4] The table below shows the original membership of the harbour board:

Inaugural 1877 Lyttelton Harbour Board membership
NameRepresentation
Edward Richardson Appointed by the Governor [5] and voted as inaugural chair
David CraigAppointed by the Governor [5]
Peter CunninghamElected by members of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce [6]
John Anderson Elected by members of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce [6]
Henry Sawtell Elected by voters of the City of Christchurch [6]
Edward George Wright Elected by voters of the City of Christchurch [6]
John Hall Appointed by Selwyn County Council [7]
Richard James Strachan Harman Appointed by Selwyn County Council [7]
Hugh Murray-Aynsley Declared elected unopposed for the Borough of Lyttelton [8]
John T. Rouse Ex officio member as Mayor of Lyttelton [9]

Cunningham resigned in late 1877 and was replaced by Charles Wesley Turner, the deputy chair of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. Harry Allwright was elected mayor of Lyttelton in December 1877 and thus replaced Rouse. Both attended their first meeting in December 1877. [10] [11]

List of chairman

Hugo Friedlander, 17th chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board (1909-1913) Hugo Friedlander, ca 1910.jpg
Hugo Friedlander, 17th chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board (1909–1913)

The Lyttelton Harbour Board had the following chairmen: [12]

#NameStartEnd
1 Edward Richardson 18 January 1877 [4] 28 February 1882
2 Richard James Strachan Harman 28 February 1882 [13] 16 November 1882
3Peter Cunningham [14] 16 November 1882 [15] 27 February 1883
4Charles Wesley Turner [16] 27 February 1883 [17] 26 February 1884
5 John Thomas Peacock 26 February 1884 [18] 24 February 1885
6 Edward George Wright 24 February 1885 [19] 23 February 1886
(5)John Thomas Peacock23 February 1886 [20] 1 March 1887
(3)Peter Cunningham1 March 1887 [21] 26 February 1889
7Frank Graham [22] 26 February 1889 [23] 25 February 1890
8 William White 25 February 1890 [24] 24 February 1891
9Henry William Peryman [25] 24 February 1891 [26] 23 February 1892
10Capt. Thomas McClatchie [27] 23 February 1892 [28] 28 February 1893
11Frederick Waymouth [29] 28 February 1893 [30] [31] 26 February 1895
12 John Joyce 26 February 1895 [32] 25 February 1896
(6)Edward George Wright25 February 1896 [33] 1 March 1898
(7)Frank Graham1 March 1898 [34] [35] 28 February 1899
13Isaac Gibbs [36] 28 February 1899 [37] 27 February 1900
(6)Edward George Wright27 February 1900 [38] 26 February 1901
(11)Frederick Waymouth26 February 1901 [39] 25 February 1902
(6)Edward George Wright †25 February 1902 [40] 12 August 1902 [41]
14Albert Kaye [42] 28 August 1902 [43] 23 February 1904
(7)Frank Graham23 February 1904 [44] 28 February 1905
15Frederick Harry Barns [45] 28 February 1905 [46] 27 February 1906
(11)Frederick Waymouth27 February 1906 [47] 26 February 1907
16 George Laurenson 26 February 1907 [48] [49] 23 February 1909
17 Hugo Friedlander 23 February 1909 [50] [51] 7 May 1913
18 Richard Moore 7 May 1913 [52] [53] 5 May 1915
19Malcolm Miller [54] 5 May 1915 [55] [56] 9 May 1917
(14)Albert Kaye9 May 1917 [57] [58] 7 May 1919
20Henry Bylove Sorensen [59] 7 May 1919 [60] [61] 4 May 1921
21James Storry4 May 1921 [62] [63] 6 June 1923
22Frederick Horrell [64] 6 June 1923 [65] [66] 11 June 1925
23Wilfred John Walter [67] 11 June 1925 [68] [69] 1 June 1927
24Robert Galbraith1 June 1927 [70] [71] 5 June 1929
25 Henry Holland 5 June 1929 [72] 5 June 1930
26 Tim Armstrong 5 June 1930 [73] 4 June 1931
27Captain Hugh Monro4 June 1931 [74] 1 June 1932
28William Thomas Lester1 June 1932 [75] 7 June 1933
29William Glassey Gallagher7 June 1933 [76] 6 June 1934
30 Ted Howard 6 June 1934 [77] 1 June 1936
31Walter Kenneth McAlpine †1 June 1936 [78] 11 July 1937 [79]
32Robert McMillan4 August 1937 [80] 7 June 1939
33Frederick Ernest Sutton7 June 1939 [81] [82] 4 June 1941
34Humphrey Holderness4 June 1941 [83] 2 June 1943
35 John McAlpine 2 June 1943 [84] 6 June 1945
36 Bill MacGibbon 6 June 1945 [85] 1947 (?) [86]
37Charles William TylerDecember 1947 (?) [87] 7 December 1949
38Frederick W. Freeman7 December 19495 December 1951
39James Halligan5 December 19512 December 1953
(33)Frederick Ernest Sutton2 December 195314 December 1955
40Bill Glue14 December 195518 December 1959
41Alexander Arthur Macfarlane18 December 19598 December 1965
42Leslie George Amos8 December 19654 December 1968
43Frederick Ira Sutton4 December 19688 December 1971
44Jack Brand8 December 19716 December 1978 [88]
45John Edward Mannering6 December 1978 [89] 2 December 1981
46Roy Champion2 December 1981 [90] 2 November 1983
47George Wright2 November 1983 [91] 31 October 1989 [92]
† died in office

Notes

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