Charles John Johnston
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Charles John Johnston (1845-1918) was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1890, the Jubilee year.
He represented the Te Aro electorate from 1881 to 1887, when he resigned. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1891 to 1918, and the Speaker from 1915 to 1918.
He was born in Wellington, the son of merchant John Johnston.
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- No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council) includes a paragraph and a portrait or photo for each mayor.
- New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)