Mayor of Carterton

Mayor of Carterton
Common seal of the Carterton District Council
Incumbent Ron Mark since  2022
Style	His/Her Worship
Term length	Three years
Inaugural holder	Richard Fairbrother
Formation	1887
Deputy	Steve Cretney [1]
Salary	$100,365 [2]
Website	Official website

The mayor of Carterton is the mayor of the Carterton District, which is administered by Carterton District Council, and earlier the office oversaw the Carterton Borough from 1887 until 1989, when Carterton Borough and Wairarapa South County were amalgamated to form Carterton District.

The current mayor of Carterton is Ron Mark who was elected in 2022, ^[3] he has previously held the office from 2010 until 2014, when he was elected as a New Zealand First MP.

Georgina Beyer, New Zealand's first transgender mayor, held the office from 1995 to 1999.

List of mayors

	Name	Portrait	Term
1	Richard Fairbrother		1887–1891
2	Alfred Booth		1891–1892
3	George Deller		1892–1901
4	James Baillie		1901–1904
5	George Augustus Fairbrother		1904–1905
6	James Brown		1905–1907
7	Willie Moore		1907–1909
8	Adam Armstrong		1909–1910
9	J. A. Dudson		1910–1911
10	Frank Feist		1911–1914
11	M. D. Hornsby		1914–1915
12	J. T. Marryat Hornsby		1916–1917
13	Gordon Hughan		1917–1919
14	William Howard Booth		1919–1923
15	William Fisher		1923–1936
16	D. L. Taverner		1936–1947
17	Ron Wakelin		1947–1971
18	W. P. Chisholm		1971–1984
19	Barry Keys		1984–1995
20	Georgina Beyer [4]		1995–2000
–	Brian Cameron (acting)		2000
21	Martin Tankersley		2000–2004
22	Gary McPhee [5] [6]		2004–2010
23	Ron Mark [7]		2010–2014
24	John Booth [8]		2014–2019
25	Greg Lang		2019–2022
(23)	Ron Mark		2022–present

References

1. "Your Mayor and Councillors". cdc.govt.nz. Carterton District Council . Retrieved 11 January 2025.
2. Edmunds, Susan (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". RNZ. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
3. "Three new mayors in Wairarapa". 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
4. "Carmen Rupe and Georgina Beyer – Gender diversity – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
5. "Seven in a row for Mayor Bob – Local Vote 2004 – NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
6. "Local Body Elections: Winners and Losers". TVNZ. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
7. "Former NZ First MP new Carterton mayor | Radio New Zealand News". Radionz.co.nz. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
8. Piers Fuller (29 October 2014). "Carterton welcomes new mayor – national". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 10 April 2015.