- Mayor of Invercargill
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The Mayor of Invercargill is the head of the municipal government of Invercargill, New Zealand, and presides over the Invercargill City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system. The current mayor is Tim Shadbolt, who is also the longest serving mayor for Invercargill (15 years as of 2011). There have been 43 mayors so far.
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History
Invercargill was first proclaimed a municipality in June 1871. On 26 August of that year, the first mayoral elections were held, and William Wood was elected as first mayor, defeating J.W. Mitchell by 191 to 140 votes. Unlike other municipalities, the mayor has always been elected "at large" (i.e., by the public), rather than (as for example in Christchurch) the councillors choosing one of their group.[1][2]
Originally, mayoral elections were held on an annual basis. From 1915, mayors were elected for a two-year term; and, from 1935, the mayoral term was three years.[3]
When David Roche resigned the mayoralty in 1887, council appointed Aaron Blacke as mayor until an extraordinary election could be held. This was not done in strict accordance with the law[4], and Blacke is not included in official lists of Mayors of Invercargill.
Greater Invercargill was created on 10 January 1910 during Charles Steven Longuet's reign.[5]
Invercargill was proclaimed a city on 1 March 1930 during John D. Campbell's mayoralty.[5]
There has been one woman mayor so far – Eve Poole.[5] She has been the only Jewish mayor so far. A library building is named after her.[6] She died in office in 1992. Tim Shadbolt was invited to run in the resulting by-election and claimed a surprising victory.[7] Shadbolt is the current mayor.[8] The 2010 election win made Shadbolt the longest serving mayor in New Zealand, with this being his 8th mayoral term (his 6th term in Invercargill).[9]
Members of Parliament
Seven former mayors have also been Members of Parliament, and all of them represented the Invercargill electorate (the years in brackets give their term in Parliament):[10]
- William Wood (1866–1870)
- John Cuthbertson (1873–1875)
- George Lumsden (1875–1878)
- James Walker Bain (1879–1881)
- Joseph Hatch (1884–1887)
- Josiah Hanan (1899–1925)
- Ralph Hanan (1946–1969)
List of Mayors of Invercargill
Invercargill has had 43 mayors so far:[5][11][12]
Name Term Thumbnail 1 William Wood 1871–1873 
2 George Lumsden 1873–1874 
3 Thomas Pratt 1874–1875 
4 John Walker Mitchell 1875–1876 
5 John Robert Cuthbertson 1876–1877 
6 Joseph Hatch 1877–1878 
George Lumsden, 2nd period 1878–1879 7 George Goodwillie 1879–1880 
8 Nicholas Johnson 1880–1881 
9 Henry Jaggers 1881–1882 
10 John Kingsland 1882–1883 
11 William Shirreffs Moir 1883–1884 
12 George Froggatt 1884–1885 
13 John Lyon McDonald 1885–1886 
14 David Roche 1886–1887 
Aaron Blacke[note 1] 1887 15 Edwin Alfred Tapper 1887–1888 
16 Thomas Fleming 1888–1889 
John Walker Mitchell, 2nd period 1889–1890 17 William Horatio Hall 1890–1891 
18 James Walker Bain 1891–1892 
19 Duncan McFarlane 1892–1893 
20 Andrew Raeside 1893–1894 
21 William Benjamin Scandrett[13] 1894–1895 
22 John Sinclair 1895–1896 
23 Josiah Hanan 1896–1897 
24 Hugh Mair[14] 1897–1898 
25 John Stead 1898–1899 
26 James Smith Goldie 1899–1901 
27 Charles Steven Longuet 1901–1903[15] 
George Froggatt, 2nd period 1903–1904[16] William Benjamin Scandrett, 2nd period 1904–1909 Charles Steven Longuet, 2nd period 1909–1910 28 William Alexandra Ott 1910–1912 
William Benjamin Scandrett, 3rd period 1912–1913 Duncan McFarlane, 2nd period 1913–1917 John Stead, 2nd period 1917–1921 29 John F. Lillicrap 1921–1923 
30 Andrew Bain[17] 1923–1927 
31 John Miller 1927–1929 
32 John D. Campbell 1929–1931 
John Miller, 2nd period 1931–1938 33 J. Ralph Hanan 1938–1941 
34 John Robert Martin 1941–1942 
35 Abraham Wachner 1942–1950 
36 William Aitchison 1950 
37 Brian Hewat 1950–1953 
38 Adam Adamson[18] 1953–1962 39 Neil Watson 1962–1971 40 F. Russell Miller 1971–1983 41 Eve Poole 1983–1992 42 Tim Shadbolt 1993–1995 43 David Harrington 1995–1998 Tim Shadbolt, 2nd period 1998 – present - ^ Note that Blacke is not included in official lists of Mayors of Invercargill.
Notes
- ^ "Invercargill, August 26th". Otago Witness: p. 13. Issue 1031, 2 September 1871. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18710902.2.27.4. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited 1905, p. 795.
- ^ Watt 1971, p. 142.
- ^ Watt 1971, p. 143.
- ^ a b c d "Mayors down the years". Invercargill City Council. http://www.icc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/MayorsDownTheYears.aspx. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ "Government, education and health". Te Ara. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/southland-region/10. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ McNeilly, Hamish (23 October 2008). "Tinny Tim". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10535611&pnum=0. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ "Tim Shadbolt wins sixth term". Invercargill City Council. 9 October 2010. http://www.icc.govt.nz/News/MediaReleases/ElectionResults.aspx.
- ^ "Tim Shadbolt earns mayoral record". ONE News/NewsTalk ZB. 9 October 2010. http://tvnz.co.nz/local-elections-2010/tim-shadbolt-earns-mayoral-record-3828791. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "Mayors 1888 to 1927". Invercargill City Council. http://www.icc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/MayorsDownTheYears/Mayors2.aspx. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ "Mayors 1927 – today". Invercargill City Council. http://www.icc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/MayorsDownTheYears/Mayors3.aspx. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ "Obituary". Evening Post: p. 8. Volume xciv, Issue 73, 24 September 1917. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19170924.2.57. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ Shaw, Peter (updated 22 June 2007). "Mair, John Thomas 1876–1959". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=4M31. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Installation of Mayor". Southland Times: p. 1. Issue 19048, 16 May 1903. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ST19030516.2.35.5. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Southland News Notes". Otago Witness: p. 44. Issue 2617, 11 May 1904. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW19040511.2.123. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Bain Family". Bain Family. http://www.bain.org.nz/index.php?title=Andrew_and_Annie_Family. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "headstone". http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8D3X_100_Adam_Laurence_Adamson_Invercargill_New_Zealand. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
References
- Cyclopedia Company Limited (1905). The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Otago & Southland Provincial Districts. Christchurch. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-front1-tp1.html. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- Watt, John Oman Percival (1971). Centenary of Invercargill Municipality 1871–1971. Invercargill: Times Printing Service.
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