Frank Kitts

Sir Francis Frank Joseph Kitts was a New Zealand politician. He was the longestserving mayor of Wellington, holding the post from 1956 to 1974. He was the Labour Member of Parliament for Wellington Central from 1954 to 1960, when he was defeated by the National candidate Dan Riddiford.

Kitts was born in Waimate, the son of an Australian quarryman, and educated at Timaru Boys High School. He joined the Timaru branch of the Labour Party ator 16, and was branch president at 22. In 1938 he moved to Wellington, working for the Government Stores Board. Newspaper reports after his death say he was a man of mystery as little is known about his early life, and his Whos Who in New Zealand entries in 1971 and 1978 both start with his election to Wellington local bodies in 1950.

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