1. Joseph Dransfield was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand, from 1870 to 1872.
12 Facts About Joe Dransfield
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Joe Dransfield was the first mayor of the reconstituted Wellington City since William Guyton was mayor of the previous Wellington Borough in 1843.
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Joe Dransfield was born Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in 1827, where his father, Joseph, was the owner of the Rookery Woollen Mills.
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Joe Dransfield was educated in Huddersfield and migrated to Australia in 1852 on the Falcon when he was 25 years old before coming to Wellington in 1857.
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Joe Dransfield was married and had several sons and daughters.
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Joe Dransfield, was already in Wellington when he arrived and had established a general merchant business, which Joe Dransfield eventually took over.
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Joe Dransfield carried on in business until ill health forced his retirement in 1888.
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Joe Dransfield sold out the goodwill and business to the United Importers Company.
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Joe Dransfield became mayor in 1870 after Wellington was declared a city.
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Joe Dransfield was mayor again in 1878, but resigned on 9 May 1879.
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Joe Dransfield had previously been chairman of the town board from 1865 to 1870, and represented Wellington City in the Wellington Provincial Council from 1863 to 1867.
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Joe Dransfield was noted as securing one of Wellington's more important reclamations.