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2 unusual facts about Charles Button


Charles Button

Charles Edward Button (23 August 1838 – 27 December 1920) was a solicitor, Supreme Court judge, Mayor of Hokitika and later Birkenhead, and an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

When Birkenhead Borough Council was formed in 1888, Button was elected unopposed as the borough's first mayor on 9 May.



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