Mayor of Gore

Mayor of Gore
Incumbent Ben Bell since  2022
Style	His Worship
Term length	Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Thomas Green
Formation	1885
Deputy	Keith Hovell [1]
Salary	$112,010 [2]
Website	Official website

The mayor of Gore officiates over the Gore District Council. ^[3] Prior to local government reorganisation in 1989, the mayor of Gore officiated over the Gore Borough.

The current mayor is Ben Bell. ^[4]

List of office holders

Gore Borough

	Name	Portrait	Term of office	Notes
1	Thomas Green		1885–1886	[5]
2	John MacGibbon		1886–1887	[5]
3	Ian S. Simson		1887–1888	[5] [6]
4	James Beattie		1888–1889	[5]
(3)	Ian S. Simson		1889–1890	[5]
5	Alfred Dolamore		1890	[5] [7]
(2)	John MacGibbon		1890–1892	[5]
(3)	Ian S. Simson		1892–1893	[5]
6	William Macara		1893–1894	[5]
7	Thomas Brewer		1894–1895	[5]
8	Dugald Poppelwell		1895–1896	[5]
(4)	James Beattie		1896–1897	[5]
9	James Copland		1897–1898	[5]
10	Duncan McFarlane		1898–1899	[5] [8]
11	John Ballantine		1899–1901	[5]
12	Archibald MacGibbon		1901–1902	[5] [9]
(10)	Duncan McFarlane		1902–1903	[5]
(4)	James Beattie		1903–1904	[5]
(8)	Dugald Poppelwell		1904–1906	[5]
(12)	Archibald MacGibbon		1906–1910	[5]
(8)	Dugald Poppelwell		1910–1913	[5]
13	David McDougall		1913–1914	[5]
(10)	Duncan McFarlane		1914–1915	[5]
(13)	David McDougall		1915–1919	[5]
14	Andrew Martin		1919–1921	[5]
(13)	David McDougall		1921–1923	[5]
(8)	Dugald Poppelwell		1923–1927	[5]
(13)	David McDougall		1927–1929	[5]
(8)	Dugald Poppelwell		1929–1931	[5]
15	Alexander Newman		1931–1956	[5]
16	Wilson C. Campbell		1956–1959	[10]
17	W. G. Mackay		1959–	[11]
	Hans Charles Hankey
	J. C. Barron		?–1965	[12]
	J. C. McLeod		1965–?	[12]
	Ivan Elder		–1980	[13] [14]
	Hallam Smith		1980–1986	[15]
	Gabriel Farry		1986–1989	[16]

Gore District

	Name	Portrait	Term of office
1	Ian Tulloch		1989–1995 [17]
2	Mary Ogg		1995–2001 [18]
3	Owen O'Connor		2001–2004 [19]
4	Tracy Hicks		2004–2022 [20]
5	Ben Bell		2022–present [4]

References

1. "Elected Representatives". www.goredc.govt.nz. Gore District Council . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
2. Edmunds, Susan (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". RNZ. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
3. "Your Council". goredc.govt.nz. Gore District Council.
4. "Gore elects youngest mayor in NZ history". Otago Daily Times . 13 October 2022. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022.
5. "Eastern Southland: municipality of Gore". Otago Daily Times . No. 22616. 6 July 1935. p. 19. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
6. "OBITUARY". New Zealand Times. Papers Past. 7 March 1924.
7. "AN EX-MAYOR". Mataura Ensign. Papers Past. 22 November 1910.
8. "OBITUARY". The Press . Papers Past. 4 October 1917.
9. "OBITUARY". Otago Daily Times . Papers Past. 25 October 1935.
10. "Mayoral polls". The Press . Vol. 94, no. 28129. 19 November 1956. p. 13. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
11. "SURVEY OF LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS IN N.Z." The Press . Papers Past. 19 November 1959.
12. "Two metropolitan mayors defeated". The Press . Vol. 104, no. 30878. 11 October 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
13. "Flood-relief fund expected to reach $1M with subsidy". The Press . Papers Past. 26 October 1978.
14. Gerken, Sonia (23 March 2009). "Gore woman 'wears out' at 98". The Southland Times . Stuff.
15. "Gore library legacy to Hallam Lloyd Smith". Southland Times . 13 January 1998. p. 3.
16. "Fallow, M., Gore community leader, businessman, Gabriel Farry dies," Southland Times, 7 March 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
17. "Ian 'Inky' Tulloch transferred to Christchurch hospital after Invercargill race crash". Stuff . 22 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
18. Esler, Lloyd (18 May 2012). "Poole broke down the door". Southland Times . Retrieved 8 April 2021.
19. "Mayoral election results 2004 affecting the Mayors Taskforce For Jobs". Mayors Taskforce for Jobs. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
20. "Longstanding Gore mayor ousted by 23yo with 8-vote lead". Radio New Zealand . 13 October 2022. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.