Len Wright
New Zealand mayor
About Len Wright
Lived 1906 – 1967 (aged 60–61). Len Wright was a New Zealand rugby union match official.
Sir Leonard Morton Wright (1906 – 22 October 1967) was a New Zealand businessman and was Mayor of Dunedin from 1950 to 1959.
He was born in Australia and educated in Sydney. He married Cecily Bell in 1936.
He was a tea importer and formed his own business in 1927. He was on the Dunedin City Council for ten years, was Chairman of the Otago Development Council, and was honorary tea controller from 1941 to 1950. He was a rugby referee and sports administrator. In 1953, Wright was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1957 New Year Honours.
Morton died at Dunedin on 22 October 1967, and his ashes were buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.
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Len Wright was born in 1906.
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Len Wright died in 1967.
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Len Wright was a rugby union match official.
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