Charles Reeves (businessman)

Having spent some time in the Liverpool office his father's shipping business, Reeves emigrated to Victoria, Australia, in approximately 1855 and worked as an accountant and commission agent in Ballarat and Geelong.

Reeves later emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand aboard the Nelson in June 1862 and settled at his property Woodville in the North East Valley.

Harman Reeves was prominent in his own right as chairman of the New Zealand Stock Exchange on two occasions, and was responsible for underwriting a number of early provincial government loans.

Charles Reeves was a founding director of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand and National Insurance and held interests in gold mining and shipping.

During the term of his mayoralty, which followed closely on the abolition of the provinces, Reeves was called on to discharge many of the duties that had previously devolved upon the Superintendent.