Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand

The Mayor of Hastings is the head of the municipal government of Hastings, New Zealand, and presides over the Hastings District Council. The first mayor was Robert Wellwood (1886–1887),[1] and the current mayor is Sandra Hazlehurst, who is the first female to be elected to the office.

Mayor of Hastings
Incumbent
Sandra Hazlehurst
since 24 November 2017
AppointerElected
Inaugural holderRobert Wellwood
Formation1886
DeputyTania Kerr
WebsiteOfficial website

The mayor is directly elected using a first-past-the-post electoral system.[2]

List of mayors of Hastings

There have been 22 mayors of Hastings.

Mayor Term of office
1 Robert Wellwood 1886–1887[1][3]
2 George Ellis 1887–1890[3][4][5]
3 W. F. Burnett 1890–1891[3][5]
(2) George Ellis 1891–1894[3]
4 Cecil Fitzroy 1894–1899[3][5]
5 William Young Dennett 1899–1904[3][4][5]
6 W. Lane 1904–1905[3][5]
(5) William Young Dennett 1905–1906[3]
7 T. J. Thompson 1906–1909[3][5]
8 John A. Miller 1909–1911[3]
9 James Garnett 1911–1913[3][4]
10 William Hart 1913–1917[3][4]
11 Horace Simson[4] 1917–1919[3]
12 George Ebbett 1919–1921[3][4]
(10) William Hart 1921–1922[3]
13 George Maddison 1922–1929[3][4]
14 George Roach 1929–1933[4]
(13) George Maddison 1933–1941[4]
15 Algie Rainbow 1941–1947[4][6]
16 R.D. Brown 1947–1953[4]
17 Ed Bate 1953–1959[4][7]
18 Ron Giorgi 1959–1974[4]
19 Jim O'Connor 1974–1986[4]
20 Jeremy Dwyer 1986–2001[4]
21 Lawrence Yule 2001–2017[8]
22 Sandra Hazlehurst 2017–present[9]

References
  • From Swamp to City: A History of Hastings, New Zealand. Hastings: Heretaunga Intermediate School. 1961. pp. 103–106.
  1. Bale, Derek. "Robert Wellwood". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "Voting and Becoming a Councillor". Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  3. "First Mayor of Hastings". Hawke's Bay Tribune. Papers Past. 13 October 1923.
  4. Webb, Brendan (20 September 2010). "No Sign of Mayors". BayBuzz. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  5. Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Hastings Corporation". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  6. Boyd, Mary. "Algernon Instone Rainbow". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 58. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  8. "Yule to run for re-election as Hastings mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  9. "Hastings elects first woman mayor". 25 November 2017.
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