Ross Jansen

Sir Ross Jansen
KBE

Jansen opens the Bryce Street PlaceMakers, Hamilton, in 1982
28th Mayor of Hamilton
In office
October 1977 – November 1989
Preceded by Bruce Beetham
Succeeded by Margaret Evans
Personal details
Born Ross Malcolm Jansen
(1932-09-06)6 September 1932
Carterton, New Zealand
Died 15 December 2010(2010-12-15) (aged 78)
Orewa, New Zealand

Sir Ross Malcolm Jansen KBE (6 September 1932 – 15 December 2010) was mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand, from 1977 to 1989. He was an expert in local government, held a variety of positions, was academically acknowledged, and received a number of honours.

Biography

Jansen was born on 6 September 1932 in Carterton, and was educated in the Wairarapa and at Victoria University College, from where he graduated with a LLB in 1957.[1] He became a barrister and solicitor.

Jansen served as deputy chairman of the Waikato United Council from 1980 to 1986 and chairman from 1986 to 1989. He was a member of Hamilton City Council, and was elected mayor of Hamilton in 1977, holding office until 1989.[2] In 1984 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Waikato.[3] He subsequently completed a DPhil in 1993 at the same institution about New Zealand local government reform in the 1980s.[4]

Jansen was president of the Municipal Association of New Zealand from 1984 to 1987, and was the first President of the New Zealand Local Government Association.[2] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1986 New Year Honours,[5] and Knight Commander of the same order in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours.[6] In 1990 he was awarded Life Membership of the New Zealand Local Government Association.[7] From 1990 to 1993 he was Chairperson of the Waikato Regional Council.[2] He was appointed chairman of the Local Government Commission from 1998 to 2001.[7]

Jansen died at his home in Orewa, north of Auckland, on 15 December 2010.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: I–K". Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Biographies of Chairpersons". Local Government Commission. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Honorary Doctors of the University of Waikato". University of Waikato. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue search". University of Waikato. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 50362, 30 December 1985. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  6. ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 51774, 16 June 1989. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Life Members". Local Government New Zealand. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  8. ↑ "Obituary: Sir Ross Malcolm Jansen". The New Zealand Herald. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
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