Will Appleton
| Sir William Appleton KStJ |
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From left: Cecil Wood, Herbert St Barbe Holland and Appleton discussing plans for the new Wellington Cathedral in 1945
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| 25th Mayor of Wellington | |
| In office 1944–1950 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Hislop |
| Succeeded by | Robert Macalister |
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| Born | 3 September 1889 Alexandra, New Zealand |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Wellington, New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Mary Helen Munro (2) Rose Hellewell |
| Children | Five |
Sir William Appleton KStJ (3 September 1889 – 22 October 1958) was a New Zealand politician. He served as Mayor of Wellington from 1944 to 1950, having been a city councillor from 1931 to 1944. He was knighted in 1950.
Appleton was born in Alexandra in Central Otago in 1889, the eldest of nine children. His parents were the Yorkshireman Edwin Appleton and his Scottish wife, Margaret Bruce. The family briefly moved to Gisborne in 1904, but was back in Alexandra in the following year. Appleton was left in charge of the local post office as a teenager by an absent postmaster, and did some bookkeeping for local businesses. In October 1906, he was appointed a cadet in the accountancy department of the General Post Office at Wellington.[1]
Appleton was a leader of the commercial community, and founder of an advertising agency. He unsuccessfully stood for Parliament several times.[1] In the 1931 election, he contested the Wellington South electorate for the United/Reform Coalition and was beaten by Robert McKeen.[2] In the 1935 election, he contested the Otaki electorate for the United/Reform Coalition and came third.[3][4] In the 1938 election standing for the National Party in the Wellington Central electorate, he came second but was beaten by Labour's Peter Fraser.[5] In the 1943 election, Appleton was again unsuccessful but came second and greatly reduced Fraser's majority.[6] He did not contest the 1946 election.[7]
Appleton was president of the Wellington Rugby Football League from 1940 to 1958 and presented the Appleton Shield, which is used to this day as the premier club trophy.[1]
In the 1950 King's Birthday Honours, Appleton was appointed a Knight Bachelor, in recognition of his service as mayor of Wellington.[8] In 1953 he was made a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John.[9]
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39743. p. 94. 2 January 1953. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council) includes a paragraph and a portrait or photo for each mayor.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Images of Sir William Appleton at the National Library of New Zealand, many in the public domain
- photo of Sir William Appleton (left) in 1950
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Wellington 1944–1950 |
Succeeded by Robert Macalister |
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