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Mayor of Timaru
Incumbent
Nigel Bowen
since 2019
StyleHis/Her Worship
Seat2 King George Place, Timaru
Term lengthThree years
Inaugural holderSamuel Hewlings
Formation1868

The mayor of Timaru is the directly elected head of the Timaru District Council, the local government authority for the Timaru District in New Zealand, which it controls as a territorial authority.

List of officeholders

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There have been 40 mayors since the formation of the Timaru Borough Council in 1868.[1] The current mayor is Nigel Bowen, who was first elected in the 2019 local elections.

Name Term Notes
1 Samuel Hewlings 1868–1870
2 Henry Cain 1870–1873
3 George Cliff 1873–1875
4 James Sutter 1875–1876
(3) George Cliff 1876–1879 second term
(4) James Sutter 1879–1882 second term
5 John Jackson 1882–1886
6 Moss Jonas 1886–1888
7 David Mitchell Ross 1888–1891 [2]
8 Andrew Sherratt 1891–1893
9 Jacob Hill 1893–1896
10 John James Grandi 1896–1898
11 James Stephen Keith 1898–1899
12 John Hole 1899–1901
13 Charles Macintosh 1901–1902
14 James Craigie 1902–1912
15 Tom Hawkey 1912–1913
16 William Angland 1913–1914
17 Edwin Rowland Guinness 1914–1917
18 James Maling 1917–1919 [3][4]
19 William Chute Raymond 1919–1921
20 Frank Rolleston 1921–1923
21 George John Wallace 1923–1929
(16) William Angland 1929–1931 second term
22 Thomas W. Satterthwaite 1931–1936
23 Percy Vinnell 1936–1938 died 1938
24 Percy Barnes Foote 1938
25 William Glenholme Tweedy 1938–1942
26 Stanley Hanan 1942–1950 died in office[a]
27 William Leslie Richards 1950–1953 [b]
28 Ronald Erle White 1953–1959 OBE 1959[9]
29 Muriel Hilton 1959–1962 née Venn; MBE 1976[10]
30 Charles Edward Thomson 1962–1965
31 Durham Robert Dowell 1965–1971 resigned[c]
32 Sydney Raymond "Ray" Bennett 1971 MNZM 1996[13]
33 Charles Russell Hervey 1971–1977 QSO 1982[14]
(32) Sydney Raymond "Ray" Bennett 1977–1982 second term
34 Mrs Helene D.L. McIver 1982–1986
35 Dave Walker 1986–1989
36 Archie Houstoun 1989–1992 MBE 1992[15]
37 Wynne Raymond 1992–2004
38 Janie Annear 2004–2013 ONZM 2014[16]
39 Damon Odey 2013–2019 [17]
40 Nigel Bowen 2019–present

Notes

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  1. ^ Died on 2 August 1950; elder brother of Ralph Hanan[5]
  2. ^ Richards was deputy mayor to Hanan and councillors elected him mayor in September 1950 following Hanan's death.[6] At the 1950 local elections in November 1950, Richards defeated Jack Satterthwaite, a son of former mayor Thomas W. Satterthwaite.[7][8]
  3. ^ Resigned during the first half of 1971 when he moved to Christchurch;[11] elected to Christchurch City Council in the 1971 local election[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Timaru". Rootsweb. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Mayoral Elections". The Timaru Herald. Vol. XLVII, no. 4395. 20 November 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Timaru". The Timaru Herald. Vol. CVI, no. 16253. 26 April 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Timaru Items". The Press. Vol. LVIII, no. 17446. 5 May 1922. p. 10. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Obituary". The Press. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26181. 3 August 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. ^ "The new mayor of Timaru". The Press. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26221. 19 September 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Mayoralty of Timaru". The Press. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26246. 18 October 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Timaru City Council". The Press. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26274. 20 November 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  9. ^ "No. 41729". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1959. p. 3740.
  10. ^ "No. 46921". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1976. p. 8056.
  11. ^ "Local bodies president". The Press. Vol. CXI, no. 32647. 1 July 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Christchurch City Council". The Press. 21 October 1971. p. 25.
  13. ^ "The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1996". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 1996. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  14. ^ "No. 48839". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1981. p. 40.
  15. ^ "No. 52953". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1992. p. 30.
  16. ^ "New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  17. ^ Bailey, Emma (12 October 2013). "Damon Odey wins Timaru mayoralty". The Timaru Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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