Mayor of Timaru

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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.

StyleHis/Her Worship
Seat2 King George Place, Timaru
Term lengthThree years
Inaugural holderSamuel Hewlings
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Mayor of Timaru
Incumbent
Nigel Bowen
since 2019
StyleHis/Her Worship
Seat2 King George Place, Timaru
Term lengthThree years
Inaugural holderSamuel Hewlings
Formation1868; 158 years ago (1868)
DeputyScott Shannon[1]
Salary$142,005[2]
WebsiteOfficial website
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List of officeholders

There have been 40 mayors since the formation of the Timaru Borough Council in 1868.[3] The current mayor is Nigel Bowen, who was first elected in the 2019 local elections.

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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[4]
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[5][6]
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[a]
27William Leslie Richards1950–1953[b]
28Ronald Erle White1953–1959OBE (1959)[11]
29Muriel Hilton1959–1962née Venn; MBE (1976)[12]
30Charles Edward Thomson1962–1965
31Durham Dowell1965–1971resigned[c]
32Ray Bennett1971MNZM (1996)[15]
33Russell Hervey1971–1977QSO (1982)[16]
(32)Ray Bennett1977–1982second term
34Helene McIver1982–1986née Denford; MBE (1977)
35Dave Walker1986–1989
36Archie Houstoun1989–1992MBE (1992)[17]
37Wynne Raymond1992–2004
38Janie Annear2004–2013ONZM (2014)[18]
39Damon Odey2013–2019[19]
40Nigel Bowen2019–present
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Died on 2 August 1950; elder brother of Ralph Hanan[7]
  2. [b]
    Richards was deputy mayor to Hanan and councillors elected him mayor in September 1950 following Hanan's death.[8] At the 1950 local elections in November 1950, Richards defeated Jack Satterthwaite, a son of former mayor Thomas W. Satterthwaite.[9][10]
  3. [c]
    Resigned during the first half of 1971 when he moved to Christchurch;[13] elected to Christchurch City Council in the 1971 local election[14]

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