Mayor of Tauranga

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Mayor of Tauranga City Council
Style His/Her Worship
Status Vacant, since November 2020
Term length Three years
Formation1882
First holder George Vesey Stewart
DeputyTina Salisbury
Website Official website
Greg Brownless, mayor from 2016 to 2019 Mayor Greg Brownless.jpg
Greg Brownless, mayor from 2016 to 2019
Stuart Crosby, mayor from 2004 to 2016 Stuart Crosby.jpg
Stuart Crosby, mayor from 2004 to 2016

The Mayor of Tauranga is the head of the municipal government of Tauranga, New Zealand, and presides over the Tauranga City Council. There is currently no Mayor of Tauranga. On 9 February 2021, a Crown Commission appointed by the Minister of Local Government took over all of the council's governance responsibilities, including the vacant position of Mayor. Tenby Powell resigned as Mayor in November 2020. [1]

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History

George Vesey Stewart, first Mayor of Tauranga George Vesey Stewart.jpg
George Vesey Stewart, first Mayor of Tauranga
Canon Charles Jordan, Vicar of Holy Trinity for 39 years and Mayor of Tauranga for nine years over five separate periods Statue in Tauranga Domain..jpg
Canon Charles Jordan, Vicar of Holy Trinity for 39 years and Mayor of Tauranga for nine years over five separate periods

Tauranga was gazetted as a borough in 1882, and achieved sufficient population to become a city in 1963. The 1989 Local Body reforms saw the city become part of the Tauranga District, before the City of Tauranga was reproclaimed in 2004.

Elections for mayor were held annually from 1882 up to 1915, when terms become two years. In 1935 terms were made three years, the current system. The election used first-past-the-post voting up until the 2016 election, [2] then changed to single transferable vote. [3]

One of Tauranga's longest-serving mayors was Canon Charles Jordan, who was mayor for nine years in total over five separate periods. He is the subject of a commemorative statue, unveiled in Tauranga Domain in 1916, four years after his death. [4]

The last mayor, Tenby Powell, was elected to the office in October 2019 but resigned in November 2020, eight months after he was unanimously censured by his council for an angry outburst. [5] [6] Following further mayoral "outbursts," [7] [8] Powell publicly called for the Minister of Local Government to appoint a commission to replace the "dysfunctional" council. [9] [10] The decision to cancel the election for a new mayor and councillors, and the appointment of a crown commission instead by Nanaia Mahuta was not without controversy. A legal opinion by law firm Russell McVeagh found her decision may have been "unlawful" [11] and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges called the decision "dramatic and draconian", [12] while saying that Powell quitting removed "a significant source of friction" and it was reasonable to assume the council would become more functional with the election of a new Mayor and Councillor. [13]

List of mayors

#NameTerm of officeNotes
StartEnd
1 George Vesey Stewart 17 March 18824 December 1882 [14]
2 Richard Coles Jordan 4 December 188216 April 1883
3 Thomas Wrigley 16 April 188316 December 1885 [15]
4 Charles Jordan 16 December 188515 December 1886 [16]
5 David Lundon 15 December 188628 November 1888 [16] [17]
6 James Bodell 28 November 18888 December 1889 [18] [19]
7 Robert Sharpe Galbraith 8 December 188921 February 1890 [20] [21]
(5)David Lundon7 April 18905 January 1893 [22] [23]
8 Richard John Gill 5 January 189320 December 1893 [24]
9 Charles Angus Clarke 20 December 189321 December 1898 [25] [26] [27] [28]
10 Gerard Arnold Ward 21 December 189820 December 1899 [29]
11 James Weir Gray 20 December 189928 October 1900 [30]
(4)Charles Jordan21 November 190010 May 1905 [31]
12 William McKenzie Commons 13 June 19061 May 1907 [32]
(4)Charles Jordan1 May 19076 May 1908 [33]
13 John Bull 6 May 19085 May 1909 [34] [35]
(4)Charles Jordan5 May 19094 May 1910 [35]
(13)John Bull4 May 19103 May 1911 [36]
(4)Charles Jordan3 May 19116 May 1912
14 Benjamin Conrad "Cockie" Robbins 6 May 19125 May 1915 [37] [38]
15 Charles Macmillan 5 May 19152 May 1917 [39]
16 John Cuthbert Adams 2 May 191712 May 1919 [40]
17 Bradshaw Dive 12 May 19199 May 1929 [41]
(14)Benjamin Robbins9 May 192911 May 1933 [38]
18 Alfred Francis Daly Tunks 11 May 193316 May 1935
19Lionel Wilkinson16 May 193522 November 1950
20 Bill Barnard 22 November 195021 October 1952 [42]
(19)Lionel Wilkinson28 October 195228 November 1956
21 David Mitchell 28 November 195629 October 1968
22 Bob Owens 29 October 196825 October 1977 [43]
23 Eric Faulkner 25 October 197722 October 1980
24 Raymond Francis Dillon 22 October 19808 October 1983
25 Noel Pope 8 October 198314 October 1989
26 Keith "Nobby" Clarke 14 October 198914 October 1995
(25)Noel Pope14 October 199513 October 2001 [44]
27 Jan Beange 13 October 20019 October 2004 [44] [45]
28 Stuart Crosby 9 October 20048 October 2016 [45]
29Greg Brownless8 October 201612 October 2019 [46]
30Tenby Powell12 October 201920 November 2020 [47] [9]

Election results

2007 election

2007 local body elections: Mayor of Tauranga
CandidateVotes%
Stuart Crosby Green check.svg15,08944.63
Murray Guy7,69722.77
Bill Faulkner5,59616.55
Mike Baker3,2719.68
John Robson6251.85
Hori Tunnels4491.33
Jim Smylie3841.14
Informal votes730.22
Blank ballots6241.85
Majority7,39221.86
Turnout 33,80843.9
Stuart Crosby hold

2016 election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Greg Brownless Independent 9,11026.76
Kelvin CloutEnergy and Experience7,12820.94
Max MasonExperienced Positive Leadership4,04011.87
Doug OwensEffectiveness, Efficiency, Growth3,99111.73
Steve MorrisTogether we can build a better city3,0198.87
Murray GuyCommunity Focused Leadership1,7645.18
Larry Baldock More Democracy Less Bureaucracy1,6544.86
John RobsonReal Change in TCC - Guaranteed1,4784.34
Graeme PurchesIndependent9952.92
Noel James PetersonIndependent4521.33
Hori Bop LeamingIndependent4061.19
Total34,037100.00
Valid votes34,03797.99
Invalid/blank votes6972.01
Total votes34,734100.00
Source: [48]

2019 election

The 2019 mayoral election was run using the single transferable voting system. Previous mayoral elections had used first past the post. [49]

2019 Tauranga mayoral election [50] [51]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Tauranga Deserves Better LeadershipTenby Powell32.58%12,48612,505 12,554 12,696 12,857 13,098 13,690 15,085 17,299
Proven Leadership & Community CommitmentGreg Brownless†20.82%7,9787,993 8,029 8,105 8,180 8,463 8,989 9,647 12,400
Let's Build a Better City. Together.Kelvin Clout16.42%6,2956,315 6,375 6,484 6,610 6,959 7,533 8,635
Fix the Council, vote for positive changeAndrew Hollis10.34%3,9644,001 4,074 4,219 4,381 4,800 5,715
For TaurangaJohn Robson7.78%2,9823,011 3,044 3,132 3,235 3,474
Your choice for your voice - Stop the wasteMurray Guy4.94%1,8931,909 1,962 2,031 2,128
Ocean CityChristopher Stokes2.34%897916 1,003 1,142
Independent Jos Nagels2.39%916932 974
Independent Rangimarie Kingi1.81%695703
Independent Les Wallen0.58%222
Valid: 38328  Spoilt: 73 + 466 blank  Quota: 1st iteration: 19,164; final iteration: 14,850  

    †Incumbent candidate

    Notes

    1. ↑ "Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell resigns". Rnz.co.nz. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
    2. ↑ "2007 Local Elections". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
    3. ↑ "Voting – Tauranga City Council". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
    4. ↑ "Tauranga Domain". Tauranga City Libraries. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
    5. ↑ "'I made a mistake': Tauranga mayor told to apologise for 'outburst'". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 16 January 2022.
    6. ↑ "SunLive – Mayor to apologise for "bullying comments" – The Bay's News First". Sunlive.co.nz. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
    7. ↑ "Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell in informal meeting". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 16 January 2022.
    8. ↑ "Tauranga mayor's profanity-laced flip-flop over quitting". Stuff.co.nz. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
    9. 1 2 Shand, Matt (20 November 2020). "Tauranga mayor resigns, calls for commissioner to be appointed". Waikato Times . Stuff. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020.
    10. ↑ "Tauranga mayor's shock resignation: Tenby Powell calls for Government to step in". Bay of Plenty Times . The New Zealand Herald. 20 November 2020. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
    11. ↑ "SunLive – Commissioners appointment labelled "unlawful" – The Bay's News First". Sunlive.co.nz. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
    12. ↑ Motion, Samantha (25 November 2020). "'Draconian': Simon Bridges urges minister not to intervene in council". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 11 July 2022.
    13. ↑ "'Draconian': Simon Bridges urges minister not to intervene in council".
    14. ↑ Rorke, Jinty (22 June 2007). "Stewart, George Vesey 1832? – 1920". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
    15. ↑ "MAYORAL ELECTIONS". Hawera & Normanby Star. 27 November 1884. pp. Volume V, Issue 964, Page 2. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    16. 1 2 "Borough Council Installation Of Mayor". Bay Of Plenty Times. 23 December 1887. pp. Volume XV, Issue 2225, Page 2. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    17. ↑ "Page 3 Advertisements Column 2". Bay Of Plenty Times. 2 December 1887. pp. Volume XV, Issue 2219, Page 3. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    18. ↑ Sinclair, Keith (22 June 2007). "Bodell, James 1831? – 1892". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
    19. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 21 November 1888. pp. Volume XV, Issue 2361, Page 3. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    20. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 28 November 1889. pp. Volume XVI, Issue 2472, Page 3. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    21. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 20 March 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    22. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 17 November 1890. pp. Volume XVII, Issue 2583, Page 3. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    23. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 16 November 1891. pp. Volume XX, Issue 2755, Page 3. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    24. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 21 November 1892. pp. Volume XXI, Issue 2907, Page 5. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    25. ↑ "Page 5 Advertisements Column 1". Bay Of Plenty Times. 20 November 1893. pp. Volume XXII, Issue 3050, Page 5. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    26. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 30 November 1894. pp. Volume XXII, Issue 3201, Page 5. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    27. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 18 November 1895. pp. Page 5. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    28. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 15 November 1897. pp. Volume XXIV, Issue 3624, Page 5. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    29. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Mayoral Election". Bay Of Plenty Times. 2 December 1898. pp. Volume XXIV, Issue 3782, Page 3. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    30. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Election of Mayor". Bay Of Plenty Times. 1 December 1899. pp. Volume XXIV, Issue 3932, Page 2. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    31. ↑ "Borough of Tauranga Election of Mayor". Bay Of Plenty Times. 29 April 1904. pp. Volume XXXI, Issue 4592, Page 3. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    32. ↑ "Page 3 Advertisements Column 2". Bay Of Plenty Times. 27 June 1906. pp. Volume XXXIV, Issue 4917, Page 3. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    33. ↑ "Page 3 Advertisements Column 2". Bay Of Plenty Times. 19 April 1907. pp. Volume XXXV, Issue 5041, Page 3. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    34. ↑ "The Palmerston North Contest". Wanganui Herald. 30 April 1908. pp. Volume XXXXII, Issue 12452, Page 5. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    35. 1 2 "BOROUGH COUNCIL". Bay Of Plenty Times. 7 May 1909. pp. Volume XXXVII, Issue 5333, Page 2. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    36. ↑ "Election of Mayor". Bay Of Plenty Times. 22 April 1910. pp. Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5499, Page 3. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    37. ↑ "RESULTS ELSEWHERE". Evening Post. pp. Volume LXXXVII, Issue 101, 30 April 1914, Page 3. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    38. 1 2 "Robbins Park". Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
    39. ↑ "Further Results In Other Places". Vol. lxxxix, no. 100. The Evening Post. 29 April 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    40. ↑ "The Tauranga Elections". Thames Star. Vol. LVIII, no. 18325. 26 April 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
    41. ↑ "Forgotten area of Tauranga is remembered". Nztauranga.evosuite.co.nz. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    42. ↑ Atkinson, Neill (22 June 2007). "Barnard, William Edward 1886 – 1958". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
    43. ↑ "Sir Robert Owens". Owens.co.nz. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
    44. 1 2 Macbrayne, Rosaleen (14 October 2001). "Surprised BOP winner delighted". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 17 December 2008.
    45. 1 2 "Winners and losers around the country". Tvnz.co.nz. 9 October 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
    46. ↑ "ELECTION: New Tauranga mayor announced". Bay of Plenty Times . 8 October 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
    47. ↑ "Tenby Powell wins Tauranga Mayoralty – The Bay's News First". SunLive. 12 October 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
    48. ↑ "2016 Triennial Elections | DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council . Retrieved 6 November 2022.
    49. ↑ "Voting". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council . Retrieved 6 November 2022.
    50. ↑ "2019 Triennial Elections" (PDF). www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council . Retrieved 6 November 2022.
    51. ↑ "2019 Triennial Elections | DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council . Retrieved 6 November 2022.

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