George Baildon
George Baildon (1868–1946) was a New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Auckland City from 1925 to 1931.
Baildon in 1920
Biography
Born and educated in Auckland, George Baildon was a builder and contractor. He was on the Archhill Road Board for four years (one year as Chairman), then on the Grey Lynn Borough Council from 1909 and Mayor of Grey Lynn from 1912. This was until Grey Lynn amalgamated with Auckland in 1914. He was then on the Auckland City Council from 1914–1925 and Deputy Mayor from 1922 before becoming Mayor of Auckland city in 1925. He was also on the Auckland Hospital Board.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[1]
gollark: The underlying cause being that people are just not very interested in the welfare of random people thousands of kilometres away.
gollark: 1.5% of the entire economy's output on charitable causes - including local ones - in the most charity-donating country out of all of them - isn't very high in absolute terms, though.
gollark: Well, a better metric might be median % of income donated or something, but I don't know where to get that.
gollark: It would be interesting to see how much of this charity spending is going to nearby or further away causes.
gollark: How tabular.
References
- "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
Who’s Who in New Zealand, 4th edition 1941
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by James Gunson |
Mayor of Auckland City 1925–1931 |
Succeeded by George Hutchison |
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