William Fitzgerald Crawford (29 April 1844 – 15 December 1915) was a New Zealand storekeeper, brewer, photographer, writer and politician. He served as the first mayor of Gisborne, elected in 1877. He was born in Fortfield,

County Tipperary County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...

, Ireland on 29 April 1844. During the 1890s and early 1900s Crawford wrote for the ''

Poverty Bay Herald ''The Gisborne Herald'' is the daily evening newspaper for Gisborne and environs. It was one of only four independently owned daily newspapers in New Zealand but was bought by NZME in 2024. History Established in 1874 as the ''Poverty Bay Hera ...

'' under the pen-name Trix.An article from the ''Poverty Bay Herald'' dated 30 June 1887
references W F Crawford accepting an award for a poem written under the pen-name "Trix"

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1844 births 1915 deaths Mayors of Gisborne, New Zealand New Zealand photographers Irish emigrants to New Zealand Politicians from County Tipperary {{NewZealand-photographer-stub