Roderick Braithwaite
| Roderick Braithwaite | |
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| 24th Mayor of Hamilton | |
| In office 1953–1959 |
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| Preceded by | Harold David Caro |
| Succeeded by | Denis Rogers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roderick Alastair Macdonnell Braithwaite 13 August 1901 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) | Nora Kathleen Arey (m. 1932; wid. 1963) |
| Relations | Joseph Braithwaite (father) David Braithwaite (son) John Braithwaite (brother) Rewi Braithwaite (brother) Warwick Braithwaite (brother) Nicholas Braithwaite (nephew) Rodric Braithwaite (nephew) |
Roderick Alastair Macdonnell Braithwaite (13 August 1901 – 3 April 1963) was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Hamilton from 1953 to 1959.
Early life and family
Braithwaite was born in Dunedin on 13 August 1901,[1] one of the youngest sons of Joseph Braithwaite, bookseller and later mayor of Dunedin, and his wife, Mary Ann Braithwaite (née Bellett). He was one of at least 16[2][3] and as many as 22 children,[4] born to the couple.
His brothers included John Braithwaite, who was convicted and executed for mutiny during World War I and pardoned by the New Zealand government in 2000;[2][3] Rewi Braithwaite, who played in New Zealand's first official international soccer match, against Australia in 1922;[5] and Warwick Braithwaite, who became an orchestral conductor.[4]
Braithwaite married Nora Kathleen Arey, the daughter of bookseller William Ewbank Arey, on 21 June 1932.[6][7]
Mayoralty
Braithwaite served two terms as mayor of Hamilton, from 1953 to 1959.[8] He called the first public meeting that led to the establishment of the Waikato Savings Bank in 1958, and served as the first chair of its board of trustees.[9]
Death and legacy
Braithwaite died on 3 April 1963, and was buried at Hamilton Park Cemetery.[10] His widow, Kathleen Braithwaite, served as a Hamilton city councillor between 1962 and 1974, including a period as deputy mayor,[8] and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community in the 1963 Queen's Birthday Honours.[11] Their son, David Braithwaite, unsuccessfully stood for the Hamilton mayoralty in 1998, but was elected to that office in 2001.[8] He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 2004.[12]
References
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Hamilton 1953–1959 |
Succeeded by Denis Rogers |
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43012. p. 4832. 8 June 1963. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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