Mayor of Timaru

Mayor of Timaru
Incumbent
Nigel Bowen
since 2019
StyleHis/Her Worship
Seat2 King George Place, Timaru
Term length
  • Three years
Inaugural holderSamuel Hewlings
Formation1868; 158 years ago (1868)
DeputyScott Shannon
Salary$142,005
WebsiteOfficial website

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

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

Name Term Notes
1Samuel Hewlings1868–1870
2Henry Cain1870–1873
3George Cliff1873–1875
4James Sutter1875–1876
(3)George Cliff1876–1879second term
(4)James Sutter1879–1882second term
5John Jackson1882–1886
6Moss Jonas1886–1888
7David Mitchell Ross1888–1891
8Andrew Sherratt1891–1893
9Jacob Hill1893–1896
10John James Grandi1896–1898
11James Stephen Keith1898–1899
12John Hole1899–1901
13Charles Macintosh1901–1902
14James Craigie1902–1912
15Tom Hawkey1912–1913
16William Angland1913–1914
17Edwin Rowland Guinness1914–1917
18James Maling1917–1919
19William Chute Raymond1919–1921
20Frank Rolleston1921–1923
21George John Wallace1923–1929
(16)William Angland1929–1931second term
22Thomas W. Satterthwaite1931–1936
23Percy Vinnell1936–1938died 1938
24Percy Barnes Foote1938
25William Glenholme Tweedy1938–1942
26Stanley Hanan1942–1950died in office
27William Leslie Richards1950–1953
28Ronald Erle White1953–1959OBE (1959)
29Muriel Hilton1959–1962née Venn; MBE (1976)
30Charles Edward Thomson1962–1965
31Durham Dowell1965–1971resigned
32Ray Bennett1971MNZM (1996)
33Russell Hervey1971–1977QSO (1982)
(32)Ray Bennett1977–1982second term
34Helene McIver1982–1986née Denford; MBE (1977)
35Dave Walker1986–1989
36Archie Houstoun1989–1992MBE (1992)
37Wynne Raymond1992–2004
38Janie Annear2004–2013ONZM (2014)
39Damon Odey2013–2019
40Nigel Bowen2019–present

Notes

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

References

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  5. ↑ "Timaru". The Timaru Herald. Vol. CVI, no. 16253. 26 April 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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  7. ↑ "Obituary". The Press. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26181. 3 August 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Timaru City Council". The Press. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 26274. 20 November 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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  12. ↑ "No. 46921". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1976. p. 8056.
  13. ↑ "Local bodies president". The Press. Vol. CXI, no. 32647. 1 July 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Christchurch City Council". The Press. 21 October 1971. p. 25.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "No. 48839". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1981. p. 40.
  17. ↑ "No. 52953". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1992. p. 30.
  18. ↑ "New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  19. ↑ Bailey, Emma (12 October 2013). "Damon Odey wins Timaru mayoralty". The Timaru Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2015.