Robert Macalister

Robert Macalister


26th Mayor of Wellington
In office 1950–1956
Deputy	Ernest Toop
Preceded by	Will Appleton
Succeeded by	Frank Kitts
Personal details
Born	1890 Blenheim, New Zealand
Died	23 May 1967 Wellington, New Zealand
Alma mater	Victoria University
Profession	Lawyer

Robert Lachlan Macalister (1890 – 23 May 1967) was the Mayor of Wellington from 1950 to 1956, and had been the acting mayor for five months in 1948 during the absence overseas of Will Appleton.

Early life

Macalister was born in Blenheim and moved to Wellington in his youth to study at Victoria University where he qualified as a Lawyer.^[1] He then enlisted in the military and served during World War I and once returning he became a member of the War Relief Association.^[1] He was a barrister and solicitor by trade and worked at the same legal firm as Ossie Mazengarb. The firm of Mazengarb, Hay and Macalister was founded in 1918 and quickly became one of the largest law practices in Wellington.^[2]

Political career

In 1933 he stood for council on a Civic League ticket and was narrowly elected on the first count. However, after special votes were counted he lost his seat to the Labour Party's Peter Butler.^[3] He was elected a member of the Wellington City Council in 1938^[4] and served until 1950 when he was elected Mayor. Macalister served as Mayor until 1956. He was also a member of the Wellington Harbour Board from 1942 to 1956.

External links

Notes

1 2 "Who's Who for the Elections". Evening Post. CXXV (107). 9 May 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
↑ Barton, G. P. "Mazengarb, Oswald Chettle". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
↑ "Mr. Butler Elected". Evening Post. CXV (14). 9 May 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "Wellington City Council". Evening Post. CXXV (115). 18 May 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

References

No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council) includes a paragraph and a portrait or photo for each mayor.

Political offices
Preceded by Will Appleton	Mayor of Wellington 1950–1956	Succeeded by Frank Kitts
Preceded by Will Appleton	Deputy Mayor of Wellington 1944–1950	Succeeded by Ernest Toop

Mayors of Wellington City

Mayors

elected by councillors	George Hunter William Guyton Joseph Dransfield Charles Borlase William Sefton Moorhouse

elected at large	William Hutchison Joseph Dransfield George Allen William Hutchison George Fisher Arthur Winton Brown Samuel Brown John Duthie Charles Johnston Arthur Winton Brown Francis Bell Alfred Brandon Charles Luke George Fisher Francis Bell John Blair John Aitken Thomas William Hislop Alfred Newman Thomas Wilford David McLaren John Luke Robert Wright Charles Norwood George Troup Thomas Hislop Will Appleton Rob Macalister Frank Kitts Michael Fowler Ian Lawrence James Belich Fran Wilde Mark Blumsky Kerry Prendergast Celia Wade-Brown Justin Lester

Mayoral elections

Annual term	1875 1876† 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898

Biennial term	1899 1901 1903† 1905 1907 1909 1910‡ 1911† 1912‡ 1913 1915 1917† 1919 1921 1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933†

Triennial term	1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016

† Elected unopposed · ‡ By-election

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