Mayor of Invercargill

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Mayor of Invercargill
Invercargill Coat of Arms.jpg
Coat of arms of Invercargill
Incumbent
Nobby Clark
since 2022
Style His/Her Worship
AppointerElected
Term length Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder William Wood
Formation1871
DeputyTom Campbell
Website icc.govt.nz/your-council/

The Mayor of Invercargill is the head of the municipal government of Invercargill, New Zealand, and leads the Invercargill City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system every three years. The current mayor is Nobby Clark. Invercargill also has a deputy mayor that is chosen from the council. There have been 44 mayors so far.

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History

Invercargill was first proclaimed a municipality on 28 June 1871. On 26 August of that year, the first mayoral elections were held, and William Wood was elected as first mayor, defeating J.W. Mitchell by 191 to 140 votes. Unlike other municipalities, the mayor has always been elected "at large" (i.e., by the public), rather than (as for example in Christchurch) the councillors choosing one of their group. [1] [2]

Originally, mayoral elections were held on an annual basis. From 1915, mayors were elected for a two-year term; and, as of 1935, the mayoral term was extended to three years. [3] There is an election in 2022.

When David Roche resigned the mayoralty in 1887, council appointed Aaron Blacke as mayor until an extraordinary election could be held. This was not done in strict accordance with the law, [4] and Blacke is not included in official lists of Mayors of Invercargill.

Greater Invercargill was created on 10 January 1910 during Charles Steven Longuet's reign. [5] Longuet was succeeded by William Ott, who was twice elected unopposed [6] [7] and did not seek re-election in 1912. [8]

Invercargill was proclaimed a city on 1 March 1930 during John D. Campbell's mayoralty. [5]

There has been one female mayor so far – Eve Poole. [5] A library building is named after Poole. [9] She died in office in 1992. Tim Shadbolt ran in the resulting by-election and was elected. [10] [11] Shadbolt's 2010 election win was his 8th mayoral term and this made him longest-serving mayor in New Zealand (6 terms served in Invercargill). [12]

Members of Parliament

Seven former mayors have also been Members of Parliament, and all of them represented the Invercargill electorate (the years in brackets give their term in Parliament): [13]

List of mayors of Invercargill

Invercargill has had 44 mayors so far: [5] [14] [15]

NameTermElectionsImage
1 William Wood 1871–1873 1871 • 1872
William Wood.jpeg
2 George Lumsden 1873–18741873
George Lumsden.jpeg
3 Thomas Pratt 1874–1875 1874
Thomas Pratt.jpeg
4 John Walker Mitchell 1875–18761875
John Walker Mitchell.jpeg
5 John Cuthbertson 1876–1877 1876
John Robert Cuthbertson.jpeg
6 Joseph Hatch 1877–1878 1877
Joseph Hatch.jpeg
(2)George Lumsden, 2nd period1878–1879 1878
George Lumsden.jpeg
7 George Goodwillie 1879–1880 1879
George Goodwillie.jpeg
8 Nicholas Johnson 1880–1881 1880
Nicholas Johnson.jpeg
9 Henry Jaggers 1881–18821881
Henry Jaggers.jpeg
10 John Kingsland 1882–1883 1882
John Kingsland.jpeg
11 William Sherriffs Moir 1883–1884 1883
William Shirreffs Moir.jpeg
12 George Froggatt 1884–1885 1884
George Froggatt.jpeg
13 John Lyon McDonald 1885–1886 1885
John Lyon McDonald.jpeg
14 David Roche 1886–1887 1886
David Roche.jpeg
– Aaron Blacke [note 1] 1887
15 Edwin Alfred Tapper 1887–1888 1887 by-election
1887
Edwin Alfred Tapper.jpeg
16 Thomas Fleming 1888–18891888
Thomas Fleming.jpeg
(4)John Walker Mitchell, 2nd period1889–1890 1889
John Walker Mitchell.jpeg
17 William Horatio Hall 1890–1891 1890
William Horatio Hall.jpeg
18 James Walker Bain 1891–18921891
James Walker Bain.jpeg
19 Duncan McFarlane 1892–1893 1892
Duncan McFarlane.jpeg
20 Andrew Raeside 1893–1894 1893
Andrew Raeside.jpeg
21 William Benjamin Scandrett [16] 1894–1895 1894
William Benjamin Scandrett.jpeg
22 John Sinclair 1895–1896 1895
John Sinclair (mayor).jpeg
23 Josiah Hanan 1896–1897 1896
Josiah Hanan.jpeg
24 Hugh Mair [17] 1897–18981897
Hugh Mair.jpeg
25 John Stead 1898–1899 1898
John Stead.jpeg
26 James Smith Goldie 1899–1901 1899
James Smith Goldie.jpeg
27 Charles Stephen Longuet 1901–1903 [18] 1901 • 1902
Charles Steven Longuet.jpeg
(12)George Froggatt, 2nd period1903–1904 [19] 1903
George Froggatt.jpeg
(21)William Benjamin Scandrett, 2nd period1904–19091904 • 1905 • 1906
1907 • 1908
William Benjamin Scandrett.jpeg
(27)Charles Steven Longuet, 2nd period1909–1910 1909
Charles Steven Longuet.jpeg
28 William Ott 1910–19121910 • 1911
William Alexander Ott.jpg
(21)William Benjamin Scandrett, 3rd period1912–1913 1912
William Benjamin Scandrett.jpeg
(19)Duncan McFarlane, 2nd period1913–1917 1913 • 1914 • 1915
Duncan McFarlane.jpeg
(25)John Stead, 2nd period1917–1921 1917 • 1919
John Stead.jpeg
29 John F. Lillicrap 1921–1923 1921
John F. Lillicrap.jpeg
30 Andrew Bain [20] 1923–1927 1923 • 1925
Andrew Bain.jpeg
31 John Miller 1927–1929 1927
John Miller (mayor).jpeg
32 John D. Campbell 1929–1931 1929
John D. Campbell.jpeg
(31)John Miller, 2nd period1931–1938 1931 • 1933
1935 • 1938
John Miller (mayor).jpeg
33 J. Ralph Hanan 1938–1941 1938 by-election
Ralph Hanan.jpeg
34 John Robert Martin 1941–19421941
John Robert Martin.jpeg
35 Abraham Wachner 1942–1950 1942 by-election
1944 • 1947
Abraham Wachner.jpeg
36 William Aitchison 1950
William Aitchison.jpeg
37 Brian Hewat 1950–19531950
Brian Hewat.jpeg
38 Adam Adamson [21] 1953–1962 1953 • 1956 • 1959
Adam Adamson.jpg
39 Neil Watson 1962–1971 1962 • 1965 • 1968
Neil Lachlan Watson.jpg
40 F. Russell Miller 1971–1983 1971 • 1974
1977 • 1980
Russell Miller (crop).jpg
41 Eve Poole 1983–1992 1983 • 1986
1989 • 1992
Eve Poole (crop).jpg
42 Tim Shadbolt 1993–1995 1993 by-election
Mayor Shadbolt.jpg
43 David Harrington 1995–1998 1995
(42)Tim Shadbolt, 2nd period1998–2022 1998 • 2001 • 2004
2007 • 2010 • 2013
2016 • 2019
Mayor Shadbolt.jpg
44 Nobby Clark 2022–present 2022
  1. ↑ Note that Blacke is not included in official lists of Mayors of Invercargill.

List of deputy mayors of Invercargill

NameTerm of officeMayor
William Benjamin Scandrett 1902 [22] Longuet
William Benjamin Scandrett1911 [23] Ott
John Stead 1915–1916 [24] [25] McFarlane
William Ott 1918–1919 [26] [27] Stead
John Matheson1919 [28]
John Lillicrap 1919–1920 [29] [30]
Thomas Daniel Lennie1922–1923 [31] Lillicrap
Alexander Glass1924 [32] Bain
Gordon Reed1935–1938 [33] [34] J. Miller
Ralph Hanan 1938 [35]
John Robert Martin1940–1941 [36] Hanan
Abraham Wachner 1941–1942 [35] Martin
William Aitchison 1944–1950 [35] Wachner
Neil Watson 1953–1962 [35] Adamson
Clive Faul1962–1965 [37] Watson
F. Russell Miller 1965–1971 [35]
Norman Jones 1971–1974 F. R. Miller
Eve Poole 1974–1980 [38]
Michael Deaker1980–1983 [39]
Jim Fenton1983–1986 [40] Poole
Mark Winter 1986–1989 [40]
Bruce Pagan1989–1992 [40]
Dougal Soper1992–1995 [40] [41]
Shadbolt
Mark Winter1995–1998 [42] Harrington
Neil Boniface1998–2010 [43] Shadbolt
Jackie Kruger2010–2012 [44]
Darren Ludlow2012–2017 [45]
Rebecca Amundsen2017–2019 [46]
Toni Biddle2019–2020 [47] [48]
Nobby Clark 2020–2022 [49]
Tom Campbell2022–present [50] Clark

Timeline

Nobby Clark (politician)David Harrington (mayor)Tim ShadboltEve PooleRussell Miller (mayor)Neil Watson (politician)Adam AdamsonBrian HewatWilliam AitchisonAbraham WachnerJohn Robert MartinRalph HananJohn Campbell (mayor)John Miller (New Zealand politician)Andrew Bain (mayor)John LillicrapWilliam OttCharles Stephen LonguetJames Smith GoldieJohn Stead (mayor)Hugh Mair (politician)Josiah HananJohn Sinclair (New Zealand mayor)William Benjamin ScandrettAndrew RaesideDuncan McFarlaneJames Walker BainWilliam Horatio HallThomas Fleming (flourmiller)Edwin Alfred TapperDavid Roche (mayor)John Lyon McDonaldGeorge FroggattWilliam Sherriffs MoirJohn KingslandHenry JaggersNicholas Johnson (mayor)George GoodwillieJoseph HatchJohn Cuthbertson (politician)John Walker MitchellThomas Pratt (mayor)George LumsdenWilliam Wood (New Zealand politician)Mayor of Invercargill

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