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Abraham Boardman (1824 – 21 May 1897) was elected
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in 1896, and took office on 16 December in that year. He, however, resigned shortly afterwards on account of ill-health, and died on 21 May 1897, aged seventy-three. Boardman was born near
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,
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, England, and after being headmaster in an important church school, and also in mercantile life in
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and
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, he emigrated to the colonies, and arrived in
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on 24 January 1864. He obtained a position in the office of the Superintendent of the Province, and was afterwards Curator of Intestate Estates under the General Government. Subsequently, Boardman was connected extensively with mining companies, and was the first general manager of the South British Insurance Company.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boardman, Abraham 1824 births 1897 deaths Mayors of Auckland 19th-century New Zealand people Auckland City Councillors Auckland Harbour Board members