Mayor of Grey

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The Mayor of Grey, often referred to as the Mayor of Greymouth, officiates over the Grey District of New Zealand which is administered by the Grey District Council with its seat in Greymouth. The current Mayor is Tania Gibson. Two predecessors to this office were the Mayor of Greymouth, officiating over the Greymouth Borough Council from 1868, and from 1877 the chairman of the Grey County Council.

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History

The Greymouth Borough was constituted in 1868 under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1867. This covered the urban area of Greymouth. [1]

After provincial government had been abolished in 1876, counties were formed in the following year. One of those was Grey County that covered an area around Greymouth. [2] The first chairman of Grey County was Arthur Guinness. [3]

Greymouth Borough and Grey County were abolished in the 1989 local government reforms, when the areas became part of Grey District. Since then, the head of the administration has been the mayor of Grey.

List of mayors and chairmen

Mayors of Greymouth Borough

The first elections were held in Greymouth Borough on 26 August 1868, when nine councillors were elected. [4] Even before the councillors met for the first time, it was discovered that the legislation required for three of them to retire by rotation on 10 September. [5] [6] [7] All three councillors stood for re-election, [8] but one of them was replaced by Edward Masters. [9] At the first meeting of the council in the following week, Masters was elected the first Mayor of Greymouth by his fellow councillors. [10] [11]

Barry Dallas was mayor of Greymouth from 1966 to 1968, and from 1980 until the borough's abolition in 1989. He then became the inaugural mayor of the new Grey District. [12]

NamePortraitTermNotes
1 Edward Masters Edward Masters HHM.jpg 1868–1870 [11]
2Joseph Kilgour Joseph Kilgour.jpg 1870 [13]
3Edward Wickes1871–1872 [13]
4George Glen1873 [13]
5William Simpson Smith1874 [13]
6George William Moss George William Moss (cropped).jpg 1875–1876 [13] First Ratepayer Election
7Francis Hamilton Francis Hamilton (cropped).jpg 1877–1878 [13]
8Richard Nancarrow1879–1881 [13]
9James Barkley1882–1883 [13] [14]
10Fritz Carl Dupre1884 [13]
11John Griffiths Thomas1885 [13]
8Richard Nancarrow1886second period [13]
12 Joseph Petrie Joseph Petrie HHM.jpg 1887–1888 [13] Mayor paid 100pounds annually. Last Borough to pay in NZ
13John Mitchell1889–1890 [13]
14Andrew Matheson Andrew Matheson (cropped).jpg 1891–1892
15William Robert Kettle William Robert Kettle (cropped).jpg 1893–1894 [13] [15]
16Frederick Barrington Waters1894 [14]
17Felix Campbell1894–1895 [13] [16]
18Jacob Theodore Skoglund J.T. Skoglund HHM.jpg 1896–1898 [13]
14Andrew Matheson Andrew Matheson (cropped).jpg 1899–1903second period
19Jesse Steer Jesse Steer (cropped).jpg 1903–1904 [13] [17]
20James Andrew Petrie1904–1907 [17] [18]
12Joseph Petrie Joseph Petrie HHM.jpg 1907–1908second period [18] [19]
21Thomas Coates1908–1910 [20] [21]
22Alfred Charles Russell1910–1912 [21] [22]
23George Edward Perkins1912–1917 [22] [23]
24James Daniel Lynch James Daniel Lynch.jpg 1917–1923 [14] [24]
25William Henry Parfitt1923–1927 [14]
26John Webber Greenslade1927–1935 [25] 9 years service
27 William Meldrum Colonel W. Meldrum.jpg 1935–1938 [26]
28Fred Kitchingham Fred Kitchingham HHM.jpg 1938–1947 [27] 9 years service
29Fred Boustridge1947–1950
30Frederick Lovell Turley1950–1953
31Frederick William Baillie1954–1965 [14] [28] 12 years service
32 Barry Dallas 1965–1968
33Ossie Jackson1968–198012 years service
32Barry Dallas1980–1989second period

Chairmen of the Grey County

Grey County chairmen Greymouth County chairmen 731.jpg
Grey County chairmen
NameTermNotes
1 Arthur Guinness 1877–1884
2John Mangan Clifford1885 [29]
3John Warren1886 [30]
1Arthur Guinness18872nd period
4Denis Ryall1888 [31]
5 James Marshall 1889
6Patrick Foley1890 [32]
7William McKechnie1891 [33]
8J. McCarthy1892
9Michael Hannan1893
10R. Larkin1894
11James Finn1895 [30]
12James Hargreaves1896 [30]
13S. R. Harris1897
8J. McCarthy18982nd period
9Michael Hannan18992nd period
5James Marshall19002nd period
7William McKechnie19012nd period
4Denis Ryall19022nd period
10R. Larkin19032nd period
11James Finn19042nd period
12James Hargreaves19052nd period
13S. R. Harris19062nd period
8J. McCarthy19073rd period
9Michael Hannan19083rd period
5James Marshall19093rd period
14John Tindale1910 [30]
15 John Ryall 1911 [30]
10R. Larkin19123rd period
9Michael Hannan19134th period
8J. McCarthy19144th period
16P. Ryder1915
15John Ryall19162nd period
9Michael Hannan19175th period
8J. McCarthy19185th period
17D. Baybutt1919
18J. P. Irvine1920
19A. Blair1921
8J. McCarthy19216th period
20Jack Hannan1922–1923
21P. Donnellan1924
20Jack Hannan19252nd period
17D. Baybutt19262nd period
15John Ryall19273rd period
22A. Robinson1928
20Jack Hannan19293rd period
23W. T. Ogilvie1930
15John Ryall19314th period
20Jack Hannan19324th period
24G. Blair1933
25J. Mulcare1934
20Jack Hannan19355th period
15John Ryall19365th period
20Jack Hannan1937–19386th period
15John Ryall19396th period
20Jack Hannan19407th period
26H. G. Carter1941
25J. Mulcare19422nd period
27W. Fisher1943
28R. Clark1944
15John Ryall19457th period
20Jack Hannan1946–19478th period
29J. Ryan1948
25J. Mulcare19493rd period
20Jack Hannan19509th period
28R. Clark19512nd period
30T. G. Jamieson1952
15John Ryall19538th period; died 26 May 1953
31J. Clayton1953–1954
29J. Ryan19552nd period
32D. J. Ryall1956
33M. K. Molloy1957
34J. Shields1958
31J. Clayton19592nd period
35D. R. Gibbens1960
32D. J. Ryall19612nd period
36A. D. Kennedy1962
33M. K. Molloy19632nd period
35D. R. Gibbens19642nd period
37R. Aynsley1965
31J. Clayton19663rd period
33M. K. Molloy19663rd period
38B. Myer1967
32D. J. Ryall1968–19703rd period
39Doug Truman1971–1978
40C. H. McLellan1979–1980
41Bob Smithem1981–1989

Mayors of Grey District

NamePortraitTermNotes
1 Barry Dallas 1989–1991 [34] 14 years service of Greymouth and Grey District
2Ron Hibbs1991–1998 [34]
3Kevin Brown1998–2004 [35]
4 Tony Kokshoorn Tony Kokshoorn ONZM (cropped).jpg 2004–2019 [35] 15 years service. Longest-serving mayor of Greymouth and Grey District
5 Tania Gibson Tania Gibson MRD (cropped).jpg 2019–present [35] Greymouth's first woman mayor

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