Mr. William Hutchison, now M.H.R. for Dunedin City, was Mayor of Wellington for four years and seven months in all. He was first elected in December, 1875, succeeding Mr. W. S. Moorhouse. In the following year Mr. Hutchison was re-elected. On the resignation of Mr. J. Dransfield in May, 1879, Mr. Hutchison was again returned, and at the annual elections held in 1879 and 1880 he was elected for further terms. This gentleman's career will be given more fully in the volume for Otago.