caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place profession office birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
aaron ayers wearing the mayoral chain charles hulbert charles louisson 16 september 1900 gloucester , england avonside , christchurch , new zealand hairdresser and tobacconist auctioneer mayor of christchurch 1836 14th 1885 isabella eliza ayers -lrb- née williams -rrb- aaron ayers , nzetc.jpg aaron ayers
 1887 aaron ayers
aaron ayers

aaron ayers -lrb- 1836 -- 16 september 1900 -rrb- arrived in christchurch , new zealand from england as a newly married man in his mid 20s .
he was a hairdresser and tobacconist for two decades before entering the auctioneering business .
he was elected mayor of christchurch in 1885 unopposed , and was re-elected a year later in the most keenly contested mayoral election thus far , narrowly beating charles louisson .
he retired after his second term as mayor .
he contested two by-elections to parliament in 1887 , but came second on both occasions .
after his mayoralty , he lived mostly a private life and was known as an avid gardener .
