Mayor of Thames-Coromandel

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Mayor of Thames-Coromandel
Len Salt 2016 portrait (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Len Salt
since 2022
Style His/Her Worship
Seat Thames
Term length 3 years, renewable
Formation1975
First holderHenry Kennedy
DeputyTerry Walker
Salary$141,188 [1]
Website Official website

The mayor of Thames-Coromandel is the elected head of local government in the Thames-Coromandel District of New Zealand's North Island; one of 67 mayors in the country. The mayor is based in the town of Thames. The mayor presides over the Thames-Coromandel District Council and is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method

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The current mayor is Len Salt, first elected in October 2022 during that year's local elections.

The office has existed since 1975, when the Thames Borough and the Coromandel County were amalgamated. Philippa Barriball was the first female mayor when she was elected in 2004. [2]

List of office holders

There have been nine mayors of Thames-Coromandel. The following is a complete list:

NamePortraitTerm [3]
1Henry Kennedy1975–1977
2Leonard Braddock1977–1983
3John Campbell1983–1989
4Alasdair Thompson [4] [5] 1989–1998
5Chris Lux [6] 1998–2004
6Philippa Barriball [7] [8] 2004–2010
7Glenn Leach [9] 2010–2016
8 Sandra Goudie [10] Sandra Goudie 2019 (cropped).jpg 2016–2022
9 Len Salt [11] Len Salt 2016 (cropped).jpg 2022–present

Deputy mayors

NameTermMayor
Bruce Scott1992–1995Thompson
Philippa Barriball2001–2004Lux
Adrian Catran2004–2010Barriball
Peter French2010–2016Leach
Tony Brljevich2016–2022 Goudie
Terry Walker2022–present Salt

References

  1. ↑ Edmunds, Susan (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". Radio New Zealand . Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Transforming the Future" (PDF). Archived.ccc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Thames (NZ): Thames Coromandel District Council Mayors". Thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.co.nz. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Club History: Thames Valley - Zonta International District 16". Zonta.org.nz. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Workshop 2". Business-intelligence.co.nz. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mayors Taskforce for Jobs". Jobsletter.org.nz. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Thames mayor has stroke". Stuff . 13 June 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2016– via Stuff.co.nz.
  8. ↑ Harper, Paul (12 October 2010). "Thames Coromandel new mayor elected". The New Zealand Herald .
  9. ↑ Pienaar, Daleen. "Thames-Coromandel District Council - Glenn Leach". Tcdc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Goudie from MP to mayor". Stuff . Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "2022 Elections Final Results", www.tcdc.govt.nz, Thames-Coromandel District Council, archived from the original on 10 February 2023, retrieved 15 January 2024
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