Stratford District Council
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Stratford District Council is one of 74 territorial local authorities in New Zealand. It administers the area of Stratford, New Zealand.
The Stratford District Council is one of three in the Taranaki region, the other two being New Plymouth District Council and South Taranaki District Council.
The first Stratford Town Board was formed in 1882. The Stratford County Council was formed in 1890. The Stratford Borough Council was formed on 22 July 1898.
The Stratford District Council was formed on 1 April 1989 from a merger between the Stratford Borough Council and the Stratford County Council and reconstituted on 1 November 1989 as part of the nationwide "revolution" in local government.
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[edit] Stratford Town Clerks
- GN Curtis (1882-1885)
- CS Curtis (1885-1890)
- E Burgess (1890-1892, 1896-1898)
- WL Tocker (1892-1894)
- JB Patton (1894-1896)
[edit] Stratford Borough Chairmen
- H Norman Liardet (1898-1899, 1902-1903)
- Frederick J Steuart (1900-1901)
- Reginald B Tatton (1901-1902)
- Nathaniel J King (1903-1907)
- Pilcher F Ralfe (1907-1908)
- George A Sangster (1908-1910)
- Jonas Masters (1910-1912)
- William P Kirkwoord (1912-1915)
- Josephiah W Boon (1915-1917)
- James W McMillan (1917-1929, 1933-1938)
- Percy Thomson (1929-1933, 1938-1947)
- Norrie H Moss (1947-1957)
- George JW Boon (1957-1971)
- Leo GW Carrington (1971-1986)
- Laurie G Bond (1986-1989)
[edit] Stratford County Chairmen
- George Marchant (1890-1892, 1905-1912)
- William Monkhouse (1892-1896)
- Joseph Mackay (1896-1899, 1900-1905)
- Richard Dingle (1900)
- William Hathaway (1912-1917)
- Edward Walter (1917-1925)
- T. Rheese Anderson (1925-1938)
- Joe Best (1928-1946)
- Bruce Hutchen (1946-1970)
- Len Harrison (1970-1977)
- HH Paul Cook (1977-1983)
- David Walter (1983-1989)
[edit] Stratford District Council Mayors
- David E Walter (1989-1998)
- Brian R Jeffares (1998-)
[edit] Stratford Town Clerks
- TH Penn (1898-1902)
- EF Hemingway (1902-1911)
- P Skogland (1911-1936)
- GC Grace (1936-1975)
- PA Tourell (1975-1985)
- FW Bullen (1985-1989)
[edit] Stratford County Clerks
- WG Malone (1891-1900)
- C Penn (1900-1931)
- CLJ Campbell (1931-1945)
- TA Jones (1945-1968)
- KJ Little (1968-1975)
- MD Bell (1975-1977)
- RD Smith (1977-1989)
[edit] Stratford District Chief Executives
- PK Broughton (1989-2001)
- WA Kimber (2001-2004)
- MR Freeman (2004-)
[edit] References
- Ian Church: The Stratford Inheritance. Heritage Press, Stratford District Council 1990. ISBN 0-908708-17-3
- David E. Walter: Stratford: Shakespearean Town Under The Mountain . Dunmore Publishing, Stratford District Council 2005. ISBN 1-877399-05-1
