The Lyttelton Harbour Board was established on 10 January 1877 to manage Lyttelton Harbour. 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. Lyttelton Harbour Board was disestablished through the 1989 local government reforms, with its functions transferred to the Lyttelton Port Company.
The Lyttelton Harbour Board held its first meeting on 18 January 1877. 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. The table below shows the original membership of the harbour board:
+ Inaugural 1877 Lyttelton Harbour Board membership Name Representation Edward Richardson Appointed by the Governor and voted as inaugural chair David Craig Appointed by the Governor Peter Cunningham Elected by members of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce John Anderson Elected by members of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce Henry Sawtell Elected by voters of the City of Christchurch Edward George Wright Elected by voters of the City of Christchurch John Hall Appointed by Selwyn County Council Richard James Strachan Harman Appointed by Selwyn County Council Hugh Murray-Aynsley Declared elected unopposed for the Borough of Lyttelton John T. Rouse Ex officio member as Mayor of Lyttelton
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.
List of chairman
The Lyttelton Harbour Board had the following chairmen:
#NameStartEnd1 Edward Richardson 18 January 1877 28 February 18822 Richard James Strachan Harman 28 February 1882 16 November 18823 Peter Cunningham 16 November 1882 27 February 18834 Charles Wesley Turner 27 February 1883 26 February 18845 John Thomas Peacock 26 February 1884 24 February 18856 Edward George Wright 24 February 1885 23 February 1886(5) John Thomas Peacock 23 February 1886 1 March 1887(3) Peter Cunningham 1 March 1887 26 February 18897 Frank Graham 26 February 1889 25 February 18908 William White 25 February 1890 24 February 18919 Henry William Peryman 24 February 1891 23 February 189210 Capt. Thomas McClatchie 23 February 1892 28 February 189311 Frederick Waymouth 28 February 1893 26 February 189512 John Joyce 26 February 1895 25 February 1896(6) Edward George Wright 25 February 1896 1 March 1898(7) Frank Graham 1 March 1898 28 February 189913 Isaac Gibbs 28 February 1899 27 February 1900(6) Edward George Wright 27 February 1900 26 February 1901(11) Frederick Waymouth 26 February 1901 25 February 1902(6) Edward George Wright † 25 February 1902 12 August 190214 Albert Kaye 28 August 1902 23 February 1904(7) Frank Graham 23 February 1904 28 February 190515 Frederick Harry Barns 28 February 1905 27 February 1906(11) Frederick Waymouth 27 February 1906 26 February 190716 George Laurenson 26 February 1907 23 February 190917 Hugo Friedlander 23 February 1909 7 May 191318 Richard Moore 7 May 1913 5 May 191519 Malcolm Miller 5 May 1915 9 May 1917(14) Albert Kaye 9 May 1917 7 May 191920 Henry Bylove Sorensen 7 May 1919 4 May 192121 James Storry 4 May 1921 6 June 192322 Frederick Horrell 6 June 1923 11 June 192523 Wilfred John Walter 11 June 1925 1 June 192724 Robert Galbraith 1 June 1927 5 June 192925 Henry Holland 5 June 1929 5 June 193026 Tim Armstrong 5 June 1930 4 June 193127 Captain Hugh Monro 4 June 1931 1 June 193228 William Thomas Lester 1 June 1932 7 June 193329 William Glassey Gallagher 7 June 1933 6 June 193430 Ted Howard 6 June 1934 1 June 193631 Walter Kenneth McAlpine † 1 June 1936 11 July 193732 Robert McMillan 4 August 1937 7 June 193933 Frederick Ernest Sutton 7 June 1939 4 June 194134 Humphrey Holderness 4 June 1941 2 June 194335 John McAlpine 2 June 1943 6 June 194536 Bill MacGibbon 6 June 1945 1947 (?)37 Charles William Tyler December 1947 (?) 7 December 194938 Frederick W. Freeman 7 December 1949 5 December 195139 James Halligan 5 December 1951 2 December 1953(33) Frederick Ernest Sutton 2 December 1953 14 December 195540 Bill Glue 14 December 1955 18 December 195941 Alexander Arthur Macfarlane 18 December 1959 8 December 196542 Leslie George Amos 8 December 1965 4 December 1968 43 Frederick Ira Sutton 4 December 1968 8 December 1971 44 Jack Brand 8 December 1971 6 December 1978 45 John Edward Mannering 6 December 1978 2 December 1981 46 Roy Champion 2 December 1981 2 November 1983 47 George Wright 2 November 1983 31 October 1989† died in office
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