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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]
His Worship The Mayor, Mr. Charles Evan Mackay
His Worship The Mayor, Mr. Charles Evan Mackay, was also Mayor in 1906. He was first elected to the Borough Council in November, 1905. In 1904 Mr. Mackay was elected a member of the Mataongaonga page 592 Road Board, on which he still serves. Mr Mackay was born in Nelson in the year 1875, was educated at Wellington and Canterbury Colleges, and graduated B.A. in 1894 and LL.B. in 1900. Two years later he settled in Wanganui, and has since practised his profession as a solicitor. As Mayor of Wanganui he is an ex-officio member of the Harbour Board and Wanganui River Trust.