George Ruddenklau
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John George Ruddenklau JP was Mayor of Christchurch from December 1881 to December 1883. A baker from Germany, he was later the proprietor of the City Hotel. He was very active with a number of organi
Ruddenklau wearing mayoral chains
Hansom cabs and carriages in front of the City Hotel in 1884
The Ruddenklau family grave in Barbadoes Street Cemetery, with the headstone toppled in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake
The Christchurch mayoral election held on 27 November 1878 was contested by the incumbent mayor, Henry Thomson, and senior Christchurch City Councillor Charles Thomas Ick. The election was won by Ick
Charles Thomas Ick portrait
Henry Thomson portrait