Mayor of Queenstown Borough

The Queenstown Borough Council was constituted in 1866.[1] James William Robertson was elected as the first mayor in July 1866.[2] John Davies was the last mayor of the borough council (1983–1986) and became the first mayor of Queenstown-Lakes (1986–1989).[3]

The following list is complete:[4]

	Name	Portrait	Term	Notes
1	James William Robertson		1866–1869
2	Bendix Hallenstein		1869–1872
3	Michael Malaghan		1872–1874
4	Thomas G. Betts		1874–1877
5	William Warren		1877–1878
6	Frederick Henry Daniel		1878–1880
7	Lewis Hotop		1880–1881	[5]
(5)	William Warren		1881–1882	2nd period
8	James Reid		1882–1887
9	Francis St Omer		1887–1891
(7)	Lewis Hotop		1891–1894	2nd period
(9)	Francis St Omer		1894–1903	2nd period
(7)	Lewis Hotop		1903–1906	3rd period
10	Maurice James Gavin		1906–1908	[6]
11	John Edgar Sr.		1908–1913
12	Donald F. Sutherland		1913–1917
13	Andrew Simson		1917–1927
14	(William) Harry Overton		1927–1939	[7]
15	William Anderson		1939–1950
16	D.W. Thomson		1950–1952
17	R.C. Robins		1952–1953	Acting mayor
(15)	William Anderson		1953–1956	2nd period
(17)	R.C. Robins		1956–1962	2nd period
18	George D. Cochrane		1962–1968
19	Warren Cooper		1968–1975
20	Jim Grant		1975–1983
21	John Davies		1983–1986

Some streets and places in Queenstown are named after former borough council mayors; Robertson Street in Frankton, Hallenstein Street, Malaghan Road and Malaghan Street, Warren Park, Hotop Rise, Reid Street, St. Omer Park,[8] Anderson Heights, Robins Road, Grant Road, and Davies Place.