Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand

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Mayor of Hastings
Te Koromatua o Heretaunga
Hastings CoA (shield only).svg
Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst.jpg
since 24 November 2017
Style His/Her Worship
Seat Hastings
Term length 3 years, renewable
Formation1886
First holder Robert Wellwood
DeputyTania Kerr
Salary$160,955 [1]
Website Official website

The mayor of Hastings is the head of local government in the Hastings District of New Zealand's North Island. The mayor presides over the Hastings District Council. The mayor is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method. The first mayor was Robert Wellwood, and the current mayor is Sandra Hazlehurst, first elected in the 2017 by-election. She is the first woman to be elected to the office.

Contents

List of mayors

No.AffiliationMayorPortraitPopular voteTerm
1Independent Robert Wellwood
(18361927)
Robert Wellwood (cropped).png unopposed [2] 18861887
2IndependentGeorge Ellis
(18371928)
Appointed after Wellwood resigned. [3] 18871888
unopposed [4] 18881889
unopposed [5] 18891890
3IndependentWilliam Fletcher Burnett
(18531893)
William Fletcher Burnett (cropped).png 131 (60.4%) [6] 18901891
Burnett committed suicide in 1893. [7]
(2)IndependentGeorge Ellis
(18371928)
148 (61.7%) [8] 18911892
unopposed [9] 18921893
unopposed [10] 18931894
4Independent Cecil Fitzroy
(18441917)
unopposed [11] 1894?
277 (76.1%) [12] 1896?
unopposed [13] 18981899
5IndependentWilliam Dennett
(18451928)
William Young Dennett (cropped).png 538 (67.4%) [14] 18991901
674 (58.4%) [15] 19011902
unopposed [16] 19021903
unopposed [17] 19031904
6IndependentWilliam Lane410 (50.4%) [18] 19041905
(5)IndependentWilliam Dennett
(18451928)
William Young Dennett (cropped).png 500 (44.7%) [19] 19051906
7IndependentThomas Thompson
(18551938)
595 (51.9%) [20] 19061907
659 (50.3%) [21] 19071909
8IndependentJohn Miller
(18691940)
John A Miller.png 736 (44.2%) [22] 19091911
9IndependentJames Garnett
(18561913)
James Garnett.png 1,256 (57.8%) [23] 19111913
unopposed [24] 1913 [a]
10IndependentWilliam Hart
(18631939)
William Hart.png Appointed after death of Garnett. [26] 19131915
1,295 (55.2%) [27] 19151917
11IndependentHorace Simson
(18741954)
Horace Ian Simson 1911 (cropped).jpg 1,415 (50.0%) [28] 19171919
12IndependentGeorge Ebbett
(18721954)
1,484 (52.2%) [29] 19191921
(10)IndependentWilliam Hart
(18631939)
William Hart.png unopposed [30] 19211922 [b]
13IndependentGeorge Maddison
(18871949)
George Maddison (1923).jpg Elected by council [31] 19221923
1,716 (81.9%) [32] 19231925
1,995 (75.4%) [33] 19251927
unopposed [34] 19271929
14IndependentGeorge Roach
(18661934)
1,110 (36.1%) [35] 19291933 [c]
Roach was selected as the United Party candidate for Hawkes Bay at the 1931 New Zealand general election, but later dropped out of the race and supported the Reform candidate Hugh Campbell. [36] He stood for the mayoralty again in 1933 but lost to Maddison. [37]
(13)IndependentGeorge Maddison
(18871949)
George Maddison (1923).jpg 4,258 (74.9%) [37] 19331935
unopposed [38] 19351938
3,279 (58.8%) [39] 19381941
Maddison stood as the National Party candidate for Hawkes Bay at the 1938 New Zealand general election [40] and was the son-in-law of Hasting's first mayor Robert Wellwood. [41] He was also chairman of the Hawke's Bay Education Board. [42]
15Citizens Algernon Rainbow
(18851969)
3,459 (70.0%) [43] 19411944
3,780 (71.6%) [44] 19441947
16CitizensRobert Douglas Brown
(19011963)
4,024 (67.3%) [45] 19471950
unopposed [46] 19501953
17 Ed Bate
(19011999)
19531956
4,578 [47] 19561959
18Ron Giorgi
(19071997)
19591962
19621965
19651968
19681971
19711974
19Jim O'Connor
(19362000)
19741977
19771980
19801983
19831986
20Independent Jeremy Dwyer
(19472005)
3,486 (46.5%) [48] 19861989
19,677 (86.4%) [49] 19891992
19,550 (84.0%) [50] 19921995
unopposed [51] 19951998
17,684 (78.6%) [52] 19982001
Dwyer was deputy leader of Social Credit.
21Independent Lawrence Yule
(b. 1963)
Lawrence Yule 2013 (wider crop).jpg 16,644 (72.4%) [53] 20012004
unopposed [54] 20042007
11,117 (53.6%) [55] 20072010
11,665 (52.6%) [56] 20102013
11,516 (49.7%) [57] 20132016
11,533 (46.0%) [58] 20162017
Yule went on to be a National MP.
22Independent Sandra Hazlehurst
(b. 1959)
Sandra Hazlehurst 2021 (cropped).jpg 10,154 (46.0%) 2017 2019
13,188 (54.0%) 2019 2022
unopposed 2022 present
Hazlehurst is the city's first female mayor.

Elections

1886–1889

On 29 September 1986, Robert Wellwood was elected unopposed as the first mayor of Hastings. [2] George Ellis was appointed on 21 December 1887 by the Borough Council after Wellwood resigned, [3] and then went on to win unopposed in 1888 [4] and 1889. [5] Ellis was declared re-elected on 19 December 1888 [4] and 18 December 1889, [5] respectively.

1890

The 1890 mayoral election occurred on 26 November. William Fletcher Burnett defeated third-term incumbent mayor George Ellis. [6]

1890 Hastings mayoral election [6]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
NoneWilliam Fletcher Burnett13160.4
NoneGeorge Ellis8438.7
Informal20.9
Turnout217

1891

The 1891 mayoral election occurred on 26 November. George Ellis defeated incumbent mayor William Fletcher Burnett. [8]

1891 Hastings mayoral election [8]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
NoneGeorge Ellis14861.7Increase2.svg23.0
NoneWilliam Fletcher Burnett9238.3Decrease2.svg22.1
Turnout240

1892–1894

George Ellis was re-elected unopposed in 1892 [9] and 1893. He was declared re-elected on 20th November in 1893. [10]

On 19th November 1894, Cecil Fitzroy was declared elected after facing no challengers for the mayoralty. [11]

1896

The 1896 mayoral election occurred circa 26 November. Cecil Fitzroy was re-elected, defeating George Ellis. [12]

1896 Hastings mayoral election [12]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
NoneCecil Fitzroy27776.1
NoneGeorge Ellis8222.5
Informal51.4
Turnout364

1898

Fitzroy was declared re-elected on 23 November after running unopposed. [13]

1953–1995

1998

The 1998 mayoral election occurred on 10 October. Jeremy Dwyer was elected to a fifth term. [52]

1998 Hastings mayoral election [52]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
None Jeremy Dwyer 17,68478.6
NoneDouglas John Green4,80521.4
Turnout22,489

2001

The 2001 mayoral election occurred on 13 October. Lawrence Yule was elected. [53]

2001 Hastings mayoral election [53]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
None Lawrence Yule 16,64472.4
NoneDinah Allison Williams3,46715.1
NoneKevin Victor Watkins2,84612.4
Informal170.0
Turnout22,974

2004

Lawrence Yule was re-elected to his second term unopposed. [54]

2007

The 2007 mayoral election occurred on 13 October. Lawrence Yule was elected to a third term. [55]

2007 Hastings mayoral election [55]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
None Lawrence Yule 11,11753.6Decrease2.svg 18.8
NoneSimon Nixon7,14734.5
NonePeter Nee Harland1,8759.0
Informal120.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Blank5722.8
Turnout20,723

2010

The 2010 mayoral election occurred on 9 October. Lawrence Yule was elected to a fourth term. [56]

2010 Hastings mayoral election [56]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
None Lawrence Yule 11,66552.6Decrease2.svg 1.0
NoneSimon Nixon6,97631.5Decrease2.svg 3.0
IndependentDes Ratima2,27610.3
NonePeter Nee Harland7993.6Decrease2.svg 5.4
Informal400.2Increase Neutral.svg 0.2
Blank4071.8Decrease Neutral.svg 1.0
Turnout22,163

2013

The 2013 mayoral election occurred on 12 October. Lawrence Yule was elected to a fifth term. [57]

2013 Hastings mayoral election [57]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
None Lawrence Yule 11,51649.7Decrease2.svg 2.9
NoneWayne Lindsay Bradshaw6,11926.4
NoneSimon Nixon4,85921.0Decrease2.svg 10.5
Informal380.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Blank6402.8Increase Neutral.svg 1.0
Turnout23,172

2016

The 2016 mayoral election occurred on 8 October. Lawrence Yule won a sixth term in the role. [59]

2016 Hastings mayoral election [58]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
None Lawrence Yule 11,53346.0Decrease2.svg 2.7
NoneGuy Wellwood7,98831.8
NoneAdrienne Pierce5,05320.1
Informal430.2Steady2.svg 0.0
Blank4651.9Decrease Neutral.svg 0.9
Turnout25,082

2017

A by-election was held on 24 November after Lawrence Yule resigned to run for Parliament as the MP for Tukituki. [60] Acting mayor and third-term councillor Sandra Hazlehurst was elected to the position, becoming the district's first female mayor. [61]

2017 Hastings mayoral by-election [62]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
None Sandra Hazlehurst 10,15446.0
NoneBayden Barber5,25223.8
NoneSimon Nixon2,97713.48
NoneStuart Perry2,66212.06
NoneWaitawhara Tupaea6613.0
NoneAllister David Tosh3251.8
Informal120.0Decrease Neutral.svg 0.2
Blank550.2Decrease Neutral.svg 1.7
Turnout22,078

2019

The 2019 mayoral election occurred on 12 October. Incumbent mayor Sandra Hazlehurst faced off against first-term district councillor Damon Harvey. [63]

2019 Hastings mayoral election [63]
AffiliationCandidatePopular Vote %±
Independent Sandra Hazlehurst 13,18854.0Increase2.svg 8.0
Change Up HastingsDamon Harvey10,12041.4
Informal100.0Steady2.svg 0.0
Blank1,1054.5Increase Neutral.svg 4.3
Turnout24,423
Registered55,080

2022

Sandra Hazlehurst was elected unopposed. [64]

Notes

  1. Died May 1913 [25]
  2. Resigned in 1922 due to poor health. [31]
  3. The 1931 elections were not held in Napier and Hastings due to the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

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