 They soon took over two other brickworks and pipeworks and founded a nail factory and seed company.His prominence in business led to Wigram being invited to chair the committee for the Canterbury Jubilee celebration in 1900, and he remained heavily involved in public affairs for the next thirty years.In 1902, Wigram was nominated for the mayoralty and was elected unopposed on 23 April, and re-elected unopposed a year later on 21 April 1903.