Mayor of Petone

The Mayor of Petone officiated over the Petone Borough of New Zealand, which was administered by the Petone Borough Council. The office existed from 1882 until 1989, when Petone Borough was amalgamated into the Hutt City Council as part of the 1989 local government reforms. There were seventeen holders of the office.

History

There were two sets of mayors who were related. George Thomas London and his son, George, were both mayors.[1] Likewise Joseph Mitchell and Lily Annie Huggan were spouses. When Joe died in 1957 his wife won the by-election to replace him as mayor.[2] In 1968, George Gee, a Chinese-New Zealand greengrocer, was elected the mayor of Petone, the first Asian mayor in New Zealand history.[3]

Upon amalgamation into the Hutt City Council, Petone's last mayor, Ted Woolf, stood for Mayor of Lower Hutt in 1989. He was unsuccessful but was elected a councillor for the new Harbour Ward.[4]

List of mayors
John William McEwan (1907–1927)
Ralph Love (1965–1968)

Mayors of Petone were:[5]

Key

  Labour   Citizens'   United Petone

†: Died in office

Name Term
1
 William James Kirk 1882–1888
2
 Samuel Raymond Johnson 1888–1889
3
 Richard Clement Kirk 1889–1891
4
 Richard Mothes 1891–1892
(3) Richard Clement Kirk 1892–1901
(4) Richard Mothes 1901–1903
5
 George Thomas London 1903–1907
6
 John William McEwan 1907–1927
7
 David McKenzie 1927–1934†
8
 Albert Scholefield 1934–1938
9
 George London 1938–1944
10 Harold Green 1944–1947
11 Alexander MacFarlane 1947–1950
12 Joe Huggan 1950–1957†
13 Annie Huggan 1957–1965
14 Ralph Love 1965–1967
-
 Joe May
1967[nb 1]
(14) Ralph Love 1967–1968
15 George Gee 1968–1980
16 Ron Marston 1980–1986
17 Ted Woolf 1986–1989

Table footnotes:

  1. Acting mayor

References
  1. "The London Mayors of Petone". Hutt City Libraries. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. McDonnell, Hilda. "Huggan, Joseph Mitchell and Huggan, Lily Annie". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. "Greengrocer First Chinese To Head Municipality". The Evening Post. 14 October 1968. p. 12.
  4. "Poll results". The Evening Post. 16 October 1989. p. 4.
  5. Kenneally, Joseph Mervyn; Kenneally, Betty May (1983). Past Days in Lower Hutt and Petone. Colonial Associates. ISBN 0908664001.
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