John Patterson (15 January 1855 – 25 March 1923) was an

Auckland city councillor Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a ...

from 1900 to 1903 and again from 1908 to 1911, and was a prominent businessman in Auckland.

Early life

Patterson was born in Auckland in 1855. He was educated at St Peter's School and was apprenticed to the Leahy Dock Ironworks, where he remained for about thirteen years.

Business

Patterson was in business as a coachbuilder, wheelwright, farrier, and general blacksmith, first in

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and then in Upper Queen St. He was a

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(from 1894) and a member of the Auckland Licensing Committee. He was also a lieutenant in the Royal Irish Volunteers.

Politics

Patterson was a supporter of the

New Zealand Liberal Party The New Zealand Liberal Party was the first organised political party in New Zealand. It governed from 1891 until 1912. The Liberal strategy was to create a large class of small land-owning farmers who supported Liberal ideals, by buying larg ...

. He was first elected to the Auckland City Council in 1900 representing the Karangahape ward, which was eliminated under the Municipal Corporations Act 1900 for the 1901 local body elections. Patterson was re-elected a councillor in a by-election in 1908 by which time the ward system had been abolished in Auckland. He was re-elected in the 1909 local body elections. He ceased to be a councillor in 1911. His party on the council was the Citizens League.

Death

Patterson died on 25 March 1923 at his residence in England Street, Ponsonby. He is buried at Waikaraka Cemetery in

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. He was survived by his wife and 12 children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, John 1855 births 1923 deaths People educated at St Peter's College, Auckland 19th-century New Zealand people Auckland City Councillors Burials at Waikaraka Cemetery