Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand

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The Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand is the head of the municipal government of Hamilton, New Zealand, and presides over the Hamilton City Council.

The current Mayor is Michael Redman.

[edit] List of Mayors of Hamilton

Name Term Reason for leaving office
1 Isaac Richardson Vialou February 1878 to December 1878 Did not contest the following election
2 John Blair Whyte December 1878 to December 1879 Did not contest the following election
3 Thomas Dawson December 1879 to March 1880 Resigned
4 Dr Bernard Charles Beale March 1880 to December 1880 Did not contest the following election
5 John Knox December 1880 to December 1883 Did not contest the following election
6 Robert Peat December 1883 to December 1884 Defeated
7 William Australia Graham December 1884 to May 1887 Resigned
8 Charles John Wright Barton June 1887 to January 1888 Resigned
9 Isaac Coates January 1888 to October 1889 Resigned
10 William Jones October 1889 to December 1889 Did not contest the following election
Isaac Coates, 2nd time December 1889 to December 1892 Did not contest the following election
11 John Parr December 1892 to December 1893 Did not contest the following election
12 William Dey December 1893 to December 1899 Did not contest the following election
13 George Edgecumbe December 1899 to May 1901 Did not contest the following election
14 Robert William Dyer May 1901 to May 1903 Did not contest the following election
Charles John Write Barton, 2nd time May 1903 to October 1903 Resigned
William Dey, 2nd time October 1903 to May 1905 Did not contest the following election
15 James Shiner Bond May 1905 to May 1909 Did not contest the following election
15 James Alexander Young May 1909 to May 1912 Did not contest the following election
16 Arthur Edward Manning May 1912 to November 1915 Resigned
17 John Edwin Hammond December 1915 to June 1916 Died in office
18 John Robert Fow June 1916 to May 1917 Did not contest the following election
19 John William Ellis May 1917 to August 1918 Died in office
John Robert Fow, 2nd Time August 1918 to MAy 1919 Did not contest the following election
20 Percy Harold Watts May 1919 to April 1920 Resigned
John Robert Fow, 3rd Time May 1920 to May 1931 Defeated
21 Dr Frances Dewsbury Pinford May 1931 to May 1933 Defeated
John Robert Fow, 4th Time May 1933 to May 1938 Did not contest the following election
22 Harold David Caro May 1938 to November 1953 Defeated
23 Roderick Alastair MacDonald Braithwaite November 1953 to December 1959 Did not contest the following election
24 Dennis Rogers Decemebr 1959 to October 1968 Defeated
25 Michael John Minogue October 1968 to May 1976 Resigned
26 Bruce Craig Beetham May 1976 to October 1977 Did not contest the following election
27 Sir Ross Malcolm Jansen October 1977 to November 1989 Defeated
28 Margaret Anne Evans November 1989 to November 1998 Defeated
29 Russell Matthew Remmington November 1998 to November 2001 Defeated
30 David Joseph Braithwaite November 2001 to November 2004 Defeated
31 Michael Gerard Redman November 2004 - Incumbent

NOTE: Mayoral elections were held annually 1878-1915, and have been triennial since 1935. Elections were held in December, after 1901 in April or May, and since 1947 have taken place in either October or November.

[edit] Sources

  • Gibbons, P.J. (1977) Astride the River, Published for the Hamilton City Council by Whitcoulls Limited, pp317-318 and Hamilton City Council Annual Plans.
  • Hamilton City Council Annual Statement of Accounts and Waikato Times index at Hamilton City Libraries.
  • Darryl Pike, Archivist, Hamilton City Libraries (Personal communication).