John Rutherford Blair

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John Rutherford Blair (1843-1914) was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand from 1898 to 1899.

He was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was a paper merchant. From 1899 to 1902 he was Chairman of the Bank of New Zealand, and for many years he was Chairman of the Wellington Education Board.

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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.