Today he is remembered mainly for the public works constructed in Auckland during his term as Mayor, and partly from his donations, including Grafton Bridge and Myers Park.

An able administrator and already something of a financial wizard at the age of 30, Myers became managing director of the merged company following the death of his uncle in 1897.

She was the daughter of Benjamin Levy, one of the owners of a large British business empire with interests in Australia.

Married in London, they returned to New Zealand, where his wife became a well-known hostess and patron of the local cultural scene.

One of his few major failures was an unsuccessful attempt to reduce the plethora of local Councils then governing the Auckland isthmus.

[2] After a break from politics for a world tour, he entered Parliament for the seat of Auckland East in the 1910 by-election, replacing his cousin Frederick Baume and won comfortably.

[1] In the short-lived Mackenzie Ministry of 28 March to 10 July 1912 he held three important portfolios; Finance, Defence, Railways, also the Tax Department.