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2 unusual facts about Charles Button


Charles Button

Charles Edward Button (23 August 1838 – 27 December 1920) was a solicitor, Supreme Court judge, Mayor of Hokitika and later Birkenhead, and an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

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When Birkenhead Borough Council was formed in 1888, Button was elected unopposed as the borough's first mayor on 9 May.



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