Charles Grey (mayor)

Charles Grey


21st Mayor of Auckland City
In office 2 March 1909 – 4 May 1910
Preceded by	Arthur Myers
Succeeded by	Lemuel Bagnall

Personal details
Born	1859 Ballarat, Victoria
Died	10 February 1925 Auckland, New Zealand
Spouse	Fanny May Edwards
Children	5

Charles Grey (1859 – 10 February 1925), was a New Zealand businessman and politician who was Mayor of Auckland City from 1909 to 1910.

Biography

Early life and career

Grey was born in 1859 in Ballarat, Victoria. He emigrated to New Zealand as a child with his parents in 1861. He grew up in Thames and finished his education at Auckland University College. In 1890 he became a member of the firm of his father's business; John Grey and Sons (later Grey and Menzies), an aerated water manufacturer. In 1896 he became sole owner of the business. He married Fanny May Edwards in 1897 and had two sons and three daughters.^[1]

Political career

In September 1896 Grey was elected to the Auckland City Council to fill the seat left vacant by the death of his father. He was later to serve as Mayor of Auckland City from 1909 to 1910. Arthur Myers did not serve out his full term and resigned the mayoralty in March 1909. Grey was elected by the council members to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term. He was confirmed for a full term in his own right at the 1909 local elections.^[2]

Death

Grey died in 1925 and was buried at Waikumete Cemetery.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Death of Ex-Mayor". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 18942. 13 February 1925. p. 10. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^ Bush 1971, pp. 594.

References

Bush, Graham W. A. (1971). Decently and in Order: The Government of the City of Auckland 1840-1971. Auckland: Collins.

Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Myers	Mayor of Auckland City 1909–1910	Succeeded by Lemuel Bagnall

Mayors of Auckland City

Mayors

Mayoral elections

Annual term	1871† 1872† 1873† 1874† 1875 1876 1877† 1878 1879† 1880† 1881† 1882† 1883† 1884† 1885† 1886† 1887† 1888† 1889† 1890† 1891† 1892† 1893† 1894† 1895† 1896† 1897† 1898 1899† 1900† 1901 1902† 1903 1904† 1905 1906 1907 1908† 1909† 1910 1911† 1912 1913† 1914†
Biennial term	1915 1917 1919† 1921† 1923† 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935
Triennial term	1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1957‡ 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1990‡ 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007

Local elections

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by-elections

† Elected unopposed
‡ By-election

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