Mayor of Miramar

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Foundation stone of the Miramar Town Hall, opened by mayor John Brodie in 1911 Miramar Town Hall plaque.png
Foundation stone of the Miramar Town Hall, opened by mayor John Brodie in 1911

The mayor of Miramar officiated over the Miramar Borough of New Zealand, which was administered by the Miramar Borough Council. The office existed from 1904 until 1921, when Miramar Borough was amalgamated into Wellington City. There were five holders of the office.

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History

Miramar was initially part of the Makara Riding of Hutt County where it was originally known as Watt's Peninsula. It left Hutt County when it was constituted a borough on 10 November 1904, which granted an elected council and a mayor. [1] [2] The mayor was tasked with chairing council meetings and representing the borough on municipal matters. The most prominent issues mayors were tasked with for the duration of the borough's existence were electrification, sewage and the building and operation of tramways. [3] The office of mayor ceased to exist when Miramar Borough amalgamated with Wellington City in 1921. [2]

List of mayors

Mayors of Miramar were: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

NamePortraitTerm
1
Fred Townsend Frederic Townsend.jpg 1904–1907
2
Charles Crawford Charles John Crawford.jpg 1907–1910
3
John Brodie John Brodie 1909 (cropped).jpg 1910–1912
4
Hector McLeod Hector Norman McLeod 1912.jpg 1912–1913
(1)
Fred Townsend Frederic Townsend.jpg 1913–1919
5
Stanley Stone Stanley Mercer Stone 1933.jpg 1919–1921

References

  1. ↑ "The break-up of Hutt County". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Greater Wellington – Miramar and the City – Gathering to Celebrate Amalgamation". The Dominion . Vol. 14, no. 109. 1 February 1921. p. 14.
  3. ↑ "Miramar – Hopes for Continued Progress". The New Zealand Times . Vol. XXXVIII, no. 8726. 7 May 1914. p. 8.
  4. ↑ "Mayors Installed". The New Zealand Times . Vol. XXIX, no. 6198. 2 May 1907. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Civic Affairs". The Evening Post . Vol. LXXIX, no. 104. 4 May 1910. p. 6.
  6. ↑ "Installations". The Evening Post . Vol. LXXXIII, no. 103. 1 May 1912. p. 8.
  7. ↑ "Miramar". The Evening Post . Vol. LXXXV, no. 107. 7 May 1913. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "New Councils". The New Zealand Times . Vol. XLIV, no. 10274. 8 May 1919. p. 5.
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