Mayor of Gisborne
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The mayor of Gisborne is the elected head of local government in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island, one of 67 mayors in the country. The mayor is based in the principal city (and namesake) of the district, Gisborne. The mayor presides over the Gisborne District Council and is directly elected using the single transferable vote method.
| Mayor of Gisborne | |
|---|---|
Coat of arms of Gisborne | |
| Style | His/Her Worship |
| Term length | Three years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | William Fitzgerald Crawford |
| Formation | 1877 |
| Deputy | Aubrey Ria[1] |
| Salary | $158,068[2] |
| Website | Official website |
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Rehette Stoltz is the current mayor of Gisborne.[3]
List of mayors of Gisborne
† Died in office
| Name | Portrait | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Fitzgerald Crawford | 1877–1878 | |
| 2 | Thomas William Porter |  |
1878–1881 |
| 3 | Charles Debenham Bennett |  |
1881–1882 |
| 4 | Edward Knight Brown | 1882–1883 | |
| (2) | Thomas William Porter | |
1883–1884 |
| 5 | Cecil de Lautour | 1884–1885 | |
| 6 | Allan McDonald | 1885–1886 | |
| 7 | Henry Lewis | 1886 | |
| (2) | Thomas William Porter | |
1886–1887 |
| 8 | William Tucker | 1887–1889 | |
| (5) | Cecil de Lautour | 1889–1890 | |
| 9 | John Townley | 1890–1908 | |
| 10 | Douglas Lysnar | .jpg) |
1908–1911 |
| 11 | William Pettie | 1911–1913 | |
| 12 | James Robert Kirk | 1913–1914 | |
| 13 | William Grice Sherratt | 1914–1919 | |
| 14 | George Wildish |  |
1919–1927 |
| 15 | Charles Edward Armstrong | 1927–1928[†][4] | |
| 16 | David Coleman |  |
1928–1933 |
| 17 | John Jackson | 1933–1935 | |
| (16) | David Coleman | |
1935–1941 |
| 18 | Noel Henry Bull | 1941–1950 | |
| 19 | Harry Barker | .jpg) |
1950–1977 |
| 20 | Richard White | 1977–1983 | |
| 21 | Hink Healey | 1983–1988[†] | |
| – | Brian Crawshaw (acting) | 1988–1989[5][6] | |
| 22 | John Clarke | .jpg) |
1989–2001 |
| 23 | Meng Foon | .jpg) |
2001–2019 |
| 24 | Rehette Stoltz | .jpg) |
2019–present |
List of deputy mayors of Gisborne
† Died in office
| Name | Term | Mayor |
|---|---|---|
| James Robert Kirk | October – November 1909[7][8] | Lysnar |
| John Somervell | fl. November 1909[8] | |
| William Pettie | c. May – December 1910[9][10] | |
| William Pettie | May – August 1911[11][12][13] | |
| J. W. Bright | fl. January 1913[14] | Pettie |
| J. C. Collins | 1913–1914[a][15][16] | Kirk |
| James Brown | 1914–1918[†][17][18] | Sherratt |
| H. E. Hill | 1918–1921[19][20] | Sherratt
Wildish |
| Herbert de Costa | 1921–1925[21][22] | Wildish |
| Position vacant (1925)[23][24] | ||
| Thomas Todd | 1925–1927[25][26] | |
| James Blair | 1927–1931[27][28] | Armstrong |
| Harold E. Maude | 1931–1935[28][29] | Coleman
Jackson |
| Henry Holmes | 1935–1938[29][30] | Coleman |
| Jack Hall | 1938–1941[31][32] | |
| Herbert de Costa | 1941–1947[33][34] | Bull |
| Frederick Tolerton | 1947–1953[35] | Bull |
| Reginald Keeling | 1953–c. 1958[36][37] | Barker |
| J. B. Williams | 1959–1962[38][39] | |
| L. H. R. Crosby | fl.1965[40] | |
| E. Lynch | fl.1967[41] | |
| Unknown | c. 1967–c. 1981 | – |
| Seton Clare | fl.1981[42] | White |
| Brian Crawshaw | 1983–1989[6] | Healey |
| Unknown | 1989–2001 | Clarke |
| Margaret Thorpe | 2001–2007[43][44] | Foon |
| Nona Aston | 2007–2013[45] | |
| Rehette Stoltz | 2013–2019[46] | |
| Josh Wharehinga | 2019–2025[47] | Stoltz |
| Aubrey Ria | 2025–present[48] | |
Notes
- Collins was originally appointed 'Temporary Chairman' of the Council in late December 1913, given that the mayor, James Robert Kirk, had not appointed a deputy mayor before his departure to the 'South' for a holiday. Collins was subsequently noted as deputy mayor in January 1914.