Facts:   - profession: brewer , businessman    - death place: strowan , christchurch    - caption: charles louisson in ca 1888    - order: 15th    - successor: samuel manning william reece    - death date: 19 april 1924 -lrb- aged 82 -rrb-    - predecessor: aaron ayers walter cooper    - office: new zealand legislative council mayor of christchurch    - spouse: hannah louisson -lrb- m. 1878 -rrb-      - term end: 1924 1889 1899    - term start: 1900 1887 1897    - birth date: 1842    - name: charles louisson    - image: charles louisson , 1888.jpg    - birth place: london    - religion: jewish   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles louisson .
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charles melville louisson -lrb- 1842 -- 19 april 1924 -rrb- , known as charles louisson or chas louisson , was a new zealand politician .born in london , and relocated to australia as a teenager , he worked in farming and on the gold fields .he moved to christchurch to join his brother alfred in business , which they conducted in transport , as merchants and farmers in various places in the south island .back in christchurch , they were joined by their brother cecil and bought a brewery , which under their stewardship became very successful .with financial security behind him , louisson first became a councillor for christchurch city council for six years -lrb- 1881 -- 1887 -rrb- before being elected mayor of christchurch -lrb- 1887 -- 1889 and 1897 -- 1899 -rrb- .in all of his two elections as councillor , and four elections as mayor , he was returned unopposed .subsequently to his retirement from the mayoralty , he was appointed to the legislative council -lrb- 1900 -- 1924 -rrb- .he held other public offices , for example as freemason and as a trustee of a benevolent trust .for the last 18 years of his life , he was the president of the nz metropolitan trotting club -lrb- nzmtc -rrb- in christchurch .he helped secure the site of the addington raceway and was responsible for greatly extending the area .