Mayor of Lower Hutt

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Mayor of Lower Hutt
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Coat of arms of Lower Hutt
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Incumbent
Campbell Barry
since 2019
Style His Worship
Member of Hutt City Council
Term length Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder William Fitzherbert
Formation1891
DeputyTui Lewis
Salary$158,000 [1]
Website Official website

The city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, was first proclaimed a borough on 1 February 1891. Prior to this it had been part of Hutt County, initially as a Roads Board and from 1881 as a Town Board. [2]

Contents

Since 2019, the mayor has been Campbell Barry. [3]

History

The Hutt County Council was established in 1877, covering the region from Wellington's south coast up to Waikanae, excluding Wellington City. The county council was headed by a chairman rather than a mayor. As the region grew, urban parts of the Hutt County became autonomous boroughs with Lower Hutt becoming its own borough in 1891 with a borough council headed by a mayor to be directly elected by ratepayers. William Fitzherbert was elected unopposed with six borough councillors also being elected. [4] From the 1920s on population grew quickly and in 1941 Lower Hutt became a city after reaching the required population of 20,000 for city status. [5] As a result of the 1989 local government reforms Lower Hutt City amalgamated several of the neighbouring authorities including the Petone Borough Council, Eastbourne Borough Council and Hutt County Council (centred on Wainuiomata) as well as land on the waterfront formerly in the possession of the Wellington Harbour Board. [6] The sitting mayor of Lower Hutt City was elected as mayor of the expanded Hutt City Council in 1989, however retaining the title mayor of Lower Hutt despite the "Lower" being dropped from the name of the council. [7]

The longest-serving mayor was Percy Dowse who held office for twenty years, from 1950 to 1970. [8]

List of mayors

Mayors of Lower Hutt have been: [9]

Key

   Independent    Citizens'    Labour

#NamePortraitTerm of office
1 William Fitzherbert William Alfred Fitzherbert.jpg 1 February 189118 November 1898
2 Walter George Foster Walter George Foster.jpg 18 November 18985 March 1900
3 Edmund Percy Bunny Edmund Percy Bunny.jpg 5 March 190024 April 1901
4 Orton Stevens Orton Stevens.jpg 24 April 190126 April 1905
5 Thomas William McDonald Thomas William McDonald.jpg 26 April 19051 May 1907
6 Thomas Peterkin Thomas Peterkin.jpg 1 May 19076 May 1909
(3) Edmund Percy Bunny Edmund Percy Bunny.jpg 6 May 19097 May 1914
7 Henry Baldwin Henry Baldwin.jpg 7 May 19148 April 1918
8 Percy Rishworth Percy Rishworth.jpg 27 April 191821 December 1921
9 William Thomas Strand William Thomas Strand.jpg 21 December 192116 May 1929
10Sir Alex Roberts Alexander Fowler Roberts.jpg 16 May 192913 May 1931
(9) William Thomas Strand William Thomas Strand.jpg 13 May 193110 May 1933
11 Jack Andrews John William Andrews.jpg 10 May 19339 June 1947
12 Ernst Peterson Hay Ernst Peterson Hay.jpg 9 June 194720 January 1949
13 William Gregory William Gregory (crop).jpg 14 March 194918 November 1950
14 Percy Dowse Percy Dowse cropped.jpg 18 November 19509 December 1970
15Sir John Kennedy-Good John Kennedy-Good.jpg 21 December 197011 October 1986
16 Glen Evans No image.png 11 October 198614 October 1995
17 John Terris NZBC producer John Terris.jpg 14 October 199510 October 2004
18 David Ogden David Ogden (cropped).jpg 10 October 20049 October 2010
19 Ray Wallace Ray Wallace.jpg 9 October 201012 October 2019
20 Campbell Barry Campbell Barry, 2021.jpg 12 October 2019present

List of deputy mayors

Key

   Independent    Citizens'    Labour

NameTerm of officeMayor
William Henry Russell19081909 Peterkin
Vacant
Henry Baldwin 19101911 Bunny
Vacant
John Brassell
1918
Baldwin
Vacant
Archibald John Hobbs19251931 Strand
Roberts
John Mitchell19311944 Andrews
Ernst Peterson Hay 19441947
William Gregory 19471949 Hay
Eric Rothwell 19491950 Gregory
Harry Horlor19501956 Dowse
James McDonald19561959
George Barker19591962
Chen Werry 19621968
Dave Hadley19681971
Kennedy-Good
John Seddon 19711974
Chen Werry 19741977
Ernie Barry 19771980
Mollie Ngan Kee19801983
Teri Puketapu 19831989
Evans
Betty van Gaalen19891995
Joan Monrad19951998 Terris
Pat Brosnan19982001
Ray Wallace 20012004
Roger Styles20042010 Ogden
David Bassett20102019 Wallace
Tui Lewis2019present Barry

Notes

  1. Fuller, Piers (10 November 2019). "Are our mayors earning their pay rises?". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. McGill 1991, pp. 119–20.
  3. Long, Jessica; Tso, Matthew (13 October 2019). "Lower Hutt elects New Zealand's youngest ever mayor, Campbell Barry". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. McGill 1991, p. 120.
  5. McGill 1991, pp. 152–3.
  6. McGill 1991, p. 208.
  7. Ewan, Audrey; Elphick, Michael (16 October 1989). "Lower Hutt embraces Evans-led team". The Evening Post . p. 5.
  8. "Mr Percy Dowse, Lower Hutt's Mayor for 20 Years, Dies in Hospital at 72". The Evening Post . 9 December 1970. p. 6.
  9. McGill 1991, p. 212.

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