The mayor of Hastings is the head of the Local 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 woman to be elected to the office.
| Mayor of Hastings | |
|---|---|
 Sandra Hazlehurst since 24 November 2017 | |
| Appointer | Elected |
| Inaugural holder | Robert Wellwood |
| Formation | 1886 |
| Deputy | Tania Kerr |
| Website | Official website |
The mayor is directly elected using a first-past-the-post electoral system.[2]
List of mayors of Hastings edit
There have been 22 mayors of Hastings.
| Mayor | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .png) | Robert Wellwood | 1886–1887[1][3] |
| 2 | George Ellis | 1887–1890[3][4][5] | |
| 3 | .png) | W. F. Burnett | 1890–1891[3][5] |
| (2) | George Ellis | 1891–1894[3] | |
| 4 | Cecil Fitzroy | 1894–1899[3][5] | |
| 5 | .png) | 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 | .jpg) | Horace Simson[4] | 1917–1919[3] |
| 12 | George Ebbett | 1919–1921[3][4] | |
| (10) | | William Hart | 1921–1922[3] |
| 13 | .jpg) | 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 | Sir 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 | .jpg) | Lawrence Yule | 2001–2017[8] |
| 22 | .jpg) | Sandra Hazlehurst | 2017–present[9] |
References edit
- From Swamp to City: A History of Hastings, New Zealand. Hastings: Heretaunga Intermediate School. 1961. pp. 103–106.
- ^ a b Bale, Derek. "Robert Wellwood". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Voting and Becoming a Councillor". Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "First Mayor of Hastings". Hawke's Bay Tribune. Papers Past. 13 October 1923.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Webb, Brendan (20 September 2010). "No Sign of Mayors". BayBuzz. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ Boyd, Mary. "Algernon Instone Rainbow". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Yule to run for re-election as Hastings mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Hastings elects first woman mayor". 25 November 2017.
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