Henry Thomson JP was a 19th-century Mayor of Christchurch and Member of Parliament for the Christchurch North electorate in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Portrait of Henry Thomson
Henry Thomson's grave at Linwood Cemetery
James Gapes
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James Gapes was a local politician in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was Mayor of Christchurch on two occasions, and the father of a later mayor, Thomas Gapes. He was the first mayor who was elected by
Henry Thomson (New Zealand politician)
…council had brought itself under the Municipal Corporations Act 1867. At the end of 1877, Thomson stood for Mayor of Christchurch against the incumbent, James Gapes. Gapes declared that he would not have wanted to oppose a city councillor standing for the office of mayor, but that he stood to clear up his reputation…
Gapes in c. 1882
Gapes family, ca 1907