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Mayor of Auckland City Council
Coat of arms of Auckland City
StyleHis/Her Worship
Term lengthThree years, renewable
Inaugural holderPhilip Philips
Formation1871
Final holderJohn Banks
Abolished2010
Superseded byMayor of Auckland

The Mayor of Auckland City was the directly elected head of the Auckland City Council, the municipal government of Auckland City, New Zealand. The office existed from 1871 to 2010, when the Auckland City Council and mayoralty was abolished and replaced with the Auckland Council and the Mayor of Auckland.

History

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Auckland obtained its first local government in 1851, when the Borough of Auckland was created, covering an area of 58,000 acres (230 km2). This short-lived entity, which existed for about one year, had only one mayor, Archibald Clark.[1]

When the City of Auckland was formally incorporated in 1871, it covered a much smaller area of 623 acres (2.52 km2). Its municipal council was led by a chairman, Walter Lee. Soon afterwards the office of Mayor of Auckland was created. At first, the mayor was elected by the councillors. In 1875, Benjamin Tonks was the first mayor elected at large, i.e. by the ratepayers.[1] There were 39 holders of the position. The longest-serving was Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, who held the post for 18 years, and was the first person to serve non-consecutive terms.[2] There were two female Mayors; Catherine Tizard in 1983 and Christine Fletcher in 1998.

The city council was abolished on 31 October 2010. The area has since been governed by the Auckland Council, which also governs the rest of the Auckland Region.

List of mayors of Auckland City

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Key

  Independent   Citizens & Ratepayers   Labour

†: Died in office

# Portrait Name Term of Office
1 Philip Philips 22 May 1871 9 July 1874
2 Henry Isaacs 20 July 1874 16 December 1874
3 Frederick Prime 16 December 1874 16 December 1875
4 Benjamin Tonks 16 December 1875 20 December 1876
5 William Hurst 20 December 1876 19 December 1877
6 Henry Brett 19 December 1877 27 November 1878
7 Thomas Peacock 27 November 1878 15 December 1880
8 James Clark 15 December 1880 20 December 1883
9 William Waddel 20 December 1883 23 December 1886
10 Albert Devore 23 December 1886 18 December 1889
11 John Upton 18 December 1889 18 December 1891
12 William Crowther 18 December 1891 20 December 1893
13 James Job Holland 20 December 1893 16 December 1896
14 Abraham Boardman 16 December 1896 11 May 1897
15 Peter Dignan 11 May 1897 21 December 1898
16 David Goldie 21 December 1898 8 May 1901
17 John Logan Campbell 8 May 1901 25 July 1901
18 Alfred Kidd 30 July 1901 13 May 1903
19 Edwin Mitchelson 13 May 1903 3 May 1905
20 Arthur Myers 3 May 1905 25 February 1909
21 Charles Grey 2 March 1909 4 May 1910
22 Lemuel Bagnall 4 May 1910 3 May 1911
23 James Parr 3 May 1911 5 May 1915
24 James Gunson 5 May 1915 6 May 1925
25 George Baildon 6 May 1925 13 May 1931
26 George Hutchison 13 May 1931 15 May 1935
27 Ernest Davis 15 May 1935 28 May 1941
28 John Allum 28 May 1941 26 November 1953[3]
29 John Luxford 26 November 1953 3 December 1956
30 Tom Ashby 3 December 1956 26 September 1957†
31 Keith Buttle 11 November 1957 8 December 1959
32 Dove-Myer Robinson 8 December 1959 28 October 1965
33 Roy McElroy 28 October 1965 23 October 1968
(32) Dove-Myer Robinson 23 October 1968 30 October 1980
34 Colin Kay 30 October 1980 26 October 1983
35 Catherine Tizard 26 October 1983 28 September 1990
36 Les Mills 21 December 1990 4 November 1998
37 Christine Fletcher 4 November 1998 1 November 2001
38 John Banks 1 November 2001 31 October 2004
39 Dick Hubbard 31 October 2004 1 November 2007
(38) John Banks 1 November 2007 31 October 2010

List of deputy-mayors

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Key

  Independent   Citizens & Ratepayers   Labour   City Vision

†: Died in office

Name Term of Office Mayor
John Court 1913 1915 Parr
Andrew Entrican 1915 1920 Gunson
Harold D. Heather 1920 1922†
George Baildon 1922 1925
James A. Warnock 1925 1927 Baildon
Andrew Entrican 1927 1935
Hutchison
Bernard Martin 1935 1938 Davis
George Richardson 1938†
John Allum 1938 1941
Leonard Coakley 1941 1950 Allum
Arthur Bailey 1950 1952†
Roy McElroy 1952 1953
Keith Buttle 1953 1957 Luxford
Ashby
Fred Ambler 1957 1962 Buttle
Robinson
Fred Glasse 1962 1970
McElroy
Robinson
Max Tounge 1970 1971
Lindo Ferguson 1971 1977
Jolyon Firth 1977 1980
John Strevens 1980 1986 Kay
Tizard
Harold Goodman 1986 1988†
Phil Warren 1988 1991
Mills
David Hay 1991 1998
Bruce Hucker 1998 2001 Fletcher
David Hay 2001 2004 Banks
Bruce Hucker 2004 2007 Hubbard
David Hay 2007 2010 Banks

References

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  1. ^ a b Reed, A.W. (1955). Auckland : City of the Seas. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 109.
  2. ^ Edgar, John. "Robinson, Dove-Myer". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. ^ Bush, Graham W. A. "Allum, John Andrew Charles". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

Further reading

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  • "Auckland mayors". Auckland Libraries. Auckland Council. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  • Bassett, Michael (2013). City of sails: the history of Auckland City Council, 1989–2010. Upstart Press. ISBN 978-1927262009.
  • Bush, Graham (1991). Advance in order: the Auckland City Council from centenary to reorganisation, 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. ISBN 0908834039.
  • Bush, Graham (1971). Decently and in order: the Government of the City of Auckland, 1840-1971. Auckland City Council. ISBN 9780002111676.
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