About George Baildon
Lived 1868 – 1946 (aged 77–78). George Baildon was a New Zealand businessperson.
George Baildon (1868–1946) was a New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Auckland City from 1925 to 1931.
Biography Born and educated in Auckland, George Baildon was a builder and contractor. He was on the Archhill Road Board for four years (one year as chairman), then on the Grey Lynn Borough Council from 1909 and mayor of Grey Lynn from 1912. This was until Grey Lynn amalgamated with Auckland in 1914. He was then on the Auckland City Council from 1914 to 1925 and deputy mayor from 1922 before becoming mayor of Auckland city in 1925. He was also on the Auckland Hospital Board.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
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George Baildon was born in 1868.
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George Baildon died in 1946.
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