Samuel Brown (mayor)

Samuel Brown (1845–1909) was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand from 1887 to 1888.

Brown was born in Ireland in 1845. He came to New Zealand in 1862, first settling in Invercargill having walked there from Dunedin. He erected Hallenstien and Co's first business in New Zealand. Brown then moved to Wellington in 1864 where he was a merchant and contractor, responsible for the Wellington steam tramways and the tunnels and central section of the Wellington and Manawatu Line. He was also involved in the construction of the Midland and Westland Railways. He built the first portion of the Wellington Gas Works, the Maginnity Street drill shed, and the first lighthouse at Cape Farewell. He was the Managing Director of S Brown and Sons Limited, wood and coal merchants. This was a firm he founded on his arrival in Wellington.^[1] He was amember of the Wellington Bowling Club and a Freemason.^[2] At one point in time he had a wood and flax business based in Foxton and owned a small steamer the Piaka as part of that business.^[3]

He was a Wellington City Councillor from 1879 to 1885, and Mayor from 1887 to 1888. Brown served on the Wellington Harbour Board and the Wellington College Board of Governors. He was the first President of the Wellington Industrial Association, which promoted the Wellington Industrial Exhibition of 1896. He was also first President of the New Zealand Industrial Association. Brown was also the employers representative on the Arbitration Court for a time. The Wellington Technical School received financial support from the Industrial Association as a result of his efforts and support.

Brown had four sons and his only daughter was married to the City Solicitor, John O'Shea. Brown died at his Hanson Street, Wellington residence on 14 August 1909 after a brief period of illness. He was buried at the Sydney Street Cemetery in Wellington.

References

No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council) includes a paragraph and a portrait or photo for each mayor.

↑ Obituary, Star, Issue 9621, 14 August 1909, Page 4
↑ The late Mr Samuel Brown, Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 587, 16 August 1909, Page 7
↑ Obituary, Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 39, 14 August 1909, Page 5

Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Winton Brown	Mayor of Wellington 1887–1888	Succeeded by John Duthie

Mayors of Wellington City

Mayors

elected by councillors	George Hunter William Guyton Joseph Dransfield Charles Borlase William Sefton Moorhouse

elected at large	William Hutchison Joseph Dransfield George Allen William Hutchison George Fisher Arthur Winton Brown Samuel Brown John Duthie Charles Johnston Arthur Winton Brown Francis Bell Alfred Brandon Charles Luke George Fisher Francis Bell John Blair John Aitken Thomas William Hislop Alfred Newman Thomas Wilford David McLaren John Luke Robert Wright Charles Norwood George Troup Thomas Hislop Will Appleton Rob Macalister Frank Kitts Michael Fowler Ian Lawrence James Belich Fran Wilde Mark Blumsky Kerry Prendergast Celia Wade-Brown Justin Lester

Mayoral elections

Annual term	1875 1876† 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898

Biennial term	1899 1901 1903† 1905 1907 1909 1910‡ 1911† 1912‡ 1913 1915 1917† 1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933†

Triennial term	1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016

† Elected unopposed · ‡ By-election

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