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.
In May 2007 The Hamilton City Council elected Bob Simcock to replace Michael Redman who resigned to become the city's chief executive. Mr Simcock confirmed he will officially stand for the position in October's local body elections.
[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 (was elected as MP for Waikato, 1911) |
| 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 Rimmington | November 1998 to November 2001 | Defeated |
| 30 | David Joseph Braithwaite | November 2001 to November 2004 | Defeated |
| 31 | Michael Gerard Redman | November 2004 - May 2007 | Resigned to take up position as CEO of Hamilton City Council |
| 32 | Bob Simcock | May 2007 - present | Named interim Mayor until local government elections in October, then elected. [1] |
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).
