James Belich (mayor)
Sir James Belich (born 25 July 1927) is a former New Zealand local-body politician. He was the Mayor of Wellington from 1986 to 1992. He was born in Awanui, Northland, to parents of Croat descent, and educated at the Auckland University College and Victoria University College, graduating from the latter with a Bachelor of Arts in 1955.[1]
He served on the Wellington Regional Council and Wellington Harbour Board from 1986 to 1989. He was with J. Inglis Wright Advertising from 1956 to 1986.
He is the father of historian Professor James Belich. In the New Year Honours 1991 Belich was appointed as a Knight Bachelor for services to local government and the community.[2] In 2008 he was made an honorary citizen of the town of Korčula in Dalmatia, Croatia, that his family came from.[3]
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References
- ↑ "NZ university graduates 1871–1960: Ba–Be". http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/''. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ↑ "New Year Honours 1991" (25 January 1991) 12 New Zealand Gazette 215.
- ↑ "Diary". Dominion Post. 1 August 2008. p. 4.
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| Preceded by Ian Lawrence |
Mayor of Wellington 1986–1992 |
Succeeded by Fran Wilde |