Mayor of Petone
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| Mayor of Petone | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of the Borough of Petone | |
| Style | His/Her Worship |
| Term length | Three years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | William James Kirk |
| Formation | 9 December 1882 |
| Final holder | Ted Woolf |
| Abolished | 14 October 1989 |
| Superseded by | Mayor of Lower Hutt |
The Mayor of Petone officiated over the Petone Borough of New Zealand, which was administered by the Petone Borough Council. The office existed from 1882 until 1989, when Petone Borough was amalgamated into the Hutt City Council as part of the 1989 local government reforms. There were seventeen holders of the office.
Petone was established in 1882 with a Town Board which was presided over by a chairman who was the equivalent of a mayor but was elected by the board members rather than the public. When Petone was proclaimed a borough in 1888 The chairman of the Town Board did the duties of the mayor until an election was held for the mayoralty in July ahead of the scheduled election in November. Samuel Raymond Johnson was the first elected mayor.[1]
There were two sets of mayors who were related. George Thomas London and his son, George, were both mayors.[2] Likewise Joseph Mitchell and Lily Annie Huggan were spouses. When Joe died in 1957 his wife won the by-election to replace him as mayor.[3] In 1968, George Gee, a Chinese-New Zealand greengrocer, was elected the mayor of Petone, the first Asian mayor in New Zealand history.[4]
Upon amalgamation into the Hutt City Council, Petone's last mayor, Ted Woolf, stood for Mayor of Lower Hutt in 1989. He was unsuccessful but was elected a councillor for the new Harbour Ward.[5]
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