1. John Walton Beanland was a building contractor and Mayor of Christchurch from 1936 to 1938.
17 Facts About John Beanland
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John Beanland's parents were John Griffith Beanland and Elizabeth Pickering.
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The Beanlands were a prominent family in Williamstown near Melbourne, where John Walton lived for about 20 years.
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John Beanland was a master builder, and the family came to Christchurch during a time of depression in Victoria in the early 1890s.
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John Beanland's brother, William Henry Beanland, was a building contractor in Christchurch.
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John Beanland was a trustee on the Board of Trustees of the Riccarton Bush from 1919 to 1921.
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John Beanland became the president of the St Albans Library Committee.
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In 1911, John Beanland travelled to England to attend the coronation of George V, followed by several months of travel for pleasure.
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John Beanland was narrowly defeated in January 1912 when he stood for the St Albans seat of the Drainage Board.
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John Beanland was first elected to Christchurch City Council in 1914 in the St Albans ward for the conservative-leaning Citizens' Association.
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John Beanland first became deputy mayor after the 1919 mayoral election, and was the second person to hold that post.
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In October 1924, John Beanland announced that he would contest the next mayoral election in April 1925, and that he would not stand for re-election for the Christchurch Tramway Board, so that he had sufficient time for the mayoralty.
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John Beanland claimed that he should have the official support of the Citizen's Association, although the incumbent, James Arthur Flesher, belonged to the Citizen's Association and intended to stand again.
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John Beanland claimed that he had been persuaded in 1923 to not stand for the mayoralty, and that he would in turn receive the support of the Citizens' Association in 1925.
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John Beanland contested the Lyttelton electorate in the 1928 election for the Reform Party, but was beaten by Labour's James McCombs.
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John Beanland stood as a city councillor and was narrowly returned; he was 15th for the 16 positions, and only three votes ahead of the candidate in 17th place.
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John Beanland died on 7 December 1943 at his residence at 237 Edgeware Road in the Christchurch suburb of St Albans.