Mayor of Tauranga

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Mayor of Tauranga
Tauranga City Council coat of arms.png
Coat of arms of Tauranga
Incumbent
Vacant
since 2019
Style His/Her Worship
Seat Tauranga
Term length 3 years, renewable [lower-alpha 1]
Formation1882
First holder George Vesey Stewart
DeputyVacant
Salary$172,918 [1]
Website Official website

The mayor of Tauranga is the head of local government in Tauranga, New Zealand's fifth largest city. The mayor presides over the Tauranga City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the Single Transferable Vote method. There is currently no mayor. The previous mayor was Tenby Powell, who resigned in November 2020.

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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. A mayor will be elected at the upcoming 2024 election.

History

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, [5] eight months after he was unanimously censured by his council for an angry outburst. [6] [7] Following further mayoral "outbursts," [8] [9] Powell publicly called for the Minister of Local Government to appoint a commission to replace the "dysfunctional" council. [10] [11] 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" [12] and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges called the decision "dramatic and draconian", [13] 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. [14]

List of mayors

Tauranga Borough Council (1882–1963)
MayorTerm
1 Mayor George Vesey Stewart (cropped).jpg George Vesey Stewart 1882 [15]
2 Mayor Richard Coles Jordan (cropped).jpg Richard Coles Jordan1882–1883
3 Mayor Thomas Wrigley (cropped).jpg Thomas Wrigley1883–1885 [16]
4 Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan 1885–1886 [17]
5 Mayor David Lundon (cropped).jpg David Lundon1886–1888 [17] [18]
6 Mayor James Bodell (cropped).jpg James Bodell 1888–1889 [19] [20]
7 Mayor Robert Sharpe Galbraith (cropped).jpg Robert Sharpe Galbraith1889–1890 [21] [22]
(5) Mayor David Lundon (cropped).jpg David Lundon1890–1893 [23] [24]
8 Mayor Richard John Gill (cropped).jpg Richard John Gill1893 [25]
9 Mayor Charles Angus Clarke (cropped).jpg Charles Angus Clarke1893–1898 [26] [27] [28] [29]
10 Mayor Gerard Arnold Ward (cropped).jpg Gerard Arnold Ward1898–1899 [30]
11 Mayor James Weir Gray (cropped).jpg James Weir Gray1899–1900 [31]
(4) Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan1900–1905 [32]
12 Mayor William McKenzie Commons (cropped).jpg William McKenzie Commons1906–1907 [33]
(4) Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan1907–1908 [34]
13 Mayor John Bull (cropped).jpg John Bull1908–1909 [35] [36]
(4) Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan1909–1910 [36]
(13) Mayor John Bull (cropped).jpg John Bull1910–1911 [37]
(4) Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan1911–1912
14 Mayor Benjamin Conrad Robbins (cropped).jpg Benjamin Robbins 1912–1915 [38] [39]
15 Mayor Charles Macmillan (cropped).jpg Charles Macmillan 1915–1917 [40]
16 Mayor John Cuthbert Adams (cropped).jpg John Cuthbert Adams1917–1919 [41]
17 Mayor Bradshaw Dive (cropped).jpg Bradshaw Dive 1919–1929 [42]
(14) Mayor Benjamin Conrad Robbins (cropped).jpg Benjamin Robbins 1929–1933 [39]
18 Mayor Alfred Francis Daly Tunks (cropped).jpg Alfred Francis Daly Tunks1933–1935
19 Lionel Wilkinson 1935–1950
20 Bill Barnard (cropped).jpg Bill Barnard 1950–1952 [43]
(19)Lionel Wilkinson1952–1956
21David Mitchell1956–1963
Tauranga City Council (1963–1989)
MayorTerm
(21)David Mitchell1963–1968
22 Bob Owens 1968–1977 [44]
23 Eric Faulkner 1977–1980
24Raymond Francis Dillon1980–1983
25 Noel Pope 1983–1989
Tauranga District Council (1989–2003)
MayorTerm
26Keith "Nobby" Clarke1989–1995
(25) Noel Pope 1995–2001 [45]
27Jan Beange2001–2003 [45] [46]
Tauranga City Council (2003–present)
MayorTerm
(27)Jan Beange2003–2004 [45] [46]
28 Stuart Crosby (cropped).jpg Stuart Crosby 2004–2016 [46]
29 Greg Brownless (cropped).jpg Greg Brownless2016–2019 [47]
30Tenby Powell2019–2020 [48] [10]
– Replaced by Crown commission 2020–2024
31 TBA 2024–

Notes

  1. ↑ Following the 2024 election, the mayor will serve for 4 years

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