Mr. George Albert Perry was elected chairman of the Hokitika Harbour Board in the year 1905. He is the second son of the late Mr. William Perry, and was born in Hokitika in 1872. Mr. Perry was educated at Hokitika, and at Nelson College, and afterwards studied law in Wellington, and qualified as a solicitor. He is a member of the Education Board, and of the Hokitika Borough Council.