Dame Kerry Leigh Prendergast is a New Zealand politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of Wellington between 2001 and 2010,succeeding Mark Blumsky. She was the second woman to hold the position,after Fran Wilde.
Mark Herbert Blumsky is a former New Zealand politician and diplomat. He was Mayor of Wellington from 1995 to 2001,and a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 2005 to 2008. Blumsky was New Zealand's High Commissioner to Niue from 2010 to 2014.
Sir James Belich was a New Zealand local politician. He was the Mayor of Wellington from 1986 to 1992.
Sir Edward Michael Coulson Fowler was a New Zealand architect and author who served as mayor of Wellington from 1974 to 1983.
Ian Duncan McKinnon is a New Zealand educator and local politician,and is a former deputy mayor of Wellington.
The 2010 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members. All elections are conducted by postal ballot,with election day being Saturday 9 October 2010.
The 2010 Wellington City mayoral election is part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections. On 9 October 2010,elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Sitting Green Party councillor Celia Wade-Brown defeated incumbent mayor Kerry Prendergast and four other candidates.
The 2007 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections. On 13 October 2007,elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Kerry Prendergast was elected for a third consecutive term as mayor of Wellington.
Celia Margaret Wade-Brown is a New Zealand politician who has been a Green Party list MP since 19 January 2024. She previously served as the 34th mayor of Wellington,the capital city of New Zealand,from 2010 until 2016.
The mayor of Nelson is the head of the municipal government of Nelson,New Zealand,and presides over the Nelson City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a single transferable vote electoral system. The current mayor is Nick Smith,who was elected in September 2022.
Nicholas Oliver Leggett is a former New Zealand politician and,as of 2016,a member of the New Zealand National Party. He was Mayor of Porirua from 2010 until 2016,and at the time of his election in October 2010,he was the youngest mayor in New Zealand.
The 2013 Wellington City mayoral election is part of the New Zealand local elections. On 12 October 2013,elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Wade-Brown was re-elected.
William Raymond Wallace is a New Zealand politician. He served as mayor of Lower Hutt from 2010 to 2019.
Justin Mark Lester is a New Zealand businessman and politician. He was Mayor of Wellington between 2016 and 2019,following six years on the Wellington City Council.
The 2016 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections and was held on 8 October to determine the next Mayor of Wellington. The incumbent was Celia Wade-Brown,who was first elected in the 2010 mayoral election. Wade-Brown did not seek re-election. Her title was pursued by her deputy,Justin Lester,councillors Jo Coughlan,Andy Foster,Helene Ritchie and Nicola Young,former mayor of Porirua City Nick Leggett and independent candidates Keith Johnson and Johnny Overton.
Tahere Paul Eagle is a New Zealand politician and former member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the Rongotai electorate from 2017 to 2023. He was a Wellington City Councillor from 2010 to 2017 and was the first person of Māori descent to be Deputy Mayor of Wellington,but was defeated in a landslide when he sought the mayoralty as an independent candidate in 2022.
The 1962 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1962,elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Helene Ruth Paula Ritchie is a former local body politician,registered psychologist and mediator,and a board member from Wellington,New Zealand. As Wellington's longest serving City Councillor of over 30 years,she led the Labour team to a majority position on the council. Later,she was the first female deputy mayor and chaired the Wellington Airport Authority and its successor for eight years.
The 2019 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections and was held on 12 October to determine who would serve as Mayor of Wellington for the next three-year term. It was won by Andy Foster,who unseated the incumbent Justin Lester by 62 votes.
The 2022 Wellington City mayoral election,part of the Wellington local elections in October 2022,determined who would serve as Mayor of the City of Wellington for the next three-year term. It was won by Tory Whanau,a former Green Party parliamentary chief of staff.
