Christchurch City Council (March 1863-)
Dates
- Existence: March 1863 - Present
Biography
The Christchurch City Council was created by the Christchurch City Council Ordinance first tabled in November 1862 by the Canterbury Provincial council. The Ordinance was given formal assent by proclamation in March 1863, and the first meeting of the new council took place on 23 March 1863.
The council was briefly known as Christchurch Borough Council between June and October 1868 in compliance with the Municipal Corporations Act passed by Parliament in November 1867.
The first Chairman was John Hall and in 1868 William Wilson, the fifth and last Chairman, became the Council's first Mayor. The original Christchurch City Council boundaries were formed from the area within the four avenues (Rolleston, Moorhouse, Fitzgerald and Bealey) with Road Boards, Borough Councils, County Councils and District Councils, all existing in the Greater Christchurch area. Many amalgamated with the city in 1903 and others in 1989. Banks Peninsula became part of Christchurch city in 2005.
Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:
Municipal Electricity Department: Records
Records of the Christchurch City Council Electricity Department, from 1920 this became the Municipal Electricity Department. Includs contracts issues (1918–1957), committee reports and minutes (1919–1982), newspaper cuttings (1915–1983), reports (1905–1980), annual reports and statement of accounts.
Municipal Electricity Department/ Southpower: Letterbooks
Letterbooks created by the Municipal Electricity Department (MED) and from 1989, Southpower.
Photograph album
One photo album with black and white photographs of Christchurch and the surrounding area.
Robert Falcon Scott papers
The handwritten letter of Dec. 8th. 1901, from the Discovery, thanks the people of Canterbury for the sheep donated for his expedition. The second letter, written in Christchurch on Nov. 15th.1910, is typescript, signed by Scott, and thanks the City for the gift, from Mr. H. Greenbank, of a mounted horseshoe. Its letterhead reads "British Antarctic Expedition, Terra Nova R.Y.S.".
Standing Orders
Standing orders of Christchurch City Council and Lyttelton Borough Council.
The Crest of the City of Christchurch, 1949
Copies of the The Crest of the City of Christchurch printed onto paper, vinyl transfer and fabric patches.
Waimairi County/District Council and Christchurch City Council: David Hinman Photographs and Slides
Photographs and Slides collected by David Hinman former Waimairi County Council/Waimairi District Council employee and Christchurch City Council Principal Planner in the Planning Policy Unit (Development Group), later the Environmental Policy and Planning Unit. Includes photographs relating to staff social functions, of staff at work within his Unit,