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Mayor of Dunedin

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FieldValue
postMayor
bodyDunedin
insigniaFile:Dunedin coat of arms full achievement (vectorisation of official emblazonment).svg
insigniacaptionCoat of arms of the City of Dunedin
native_nameTe Koromatua o Ōtepoti
incumbentSophie Barker
incumbentsince17 October 2025
departmentDunedin City Council
styleHis/Her Worship
appointerElectorate of Dunedin
member_ofDunedin City Council
seatDunedin Town Hall
termlengthThree years, renewable
formation1865
inauguralWilliam Mason
deputyCherry Lucas
salary$172,378
websiteOfficial website

The mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform civic duties". The mayor is directly elected, using the single transferable vote (STV) system from 2007. The current mayor is Sophie Barker who was elected in 2025.

The mayor has always been elected at large, with the inaugural election in 1865. Up until 1915, the term of mayor was for one year only. From 1915 to 1935, the term was two years. Since the 1935 mayoral election, the term has been three years. The role of deputy mayor was established in 1917. The city council translates the office and title of mayor as Te Koromatua o Ōtepoti.

The mayoralty is subject to election every three years, the next vote being the 2025 Dunedin mayoral election.

List of mayors of Dunedin

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William Mason[[File:William Mason architect.jpg75px]]18651867
John Hyde Harris[[File:John Harris (New Zealand).jpg75px]]18671868
Thomas Birch[[File:Thomas Birch, Mayor of Dunedin, 1868–70.jpg75px]]18681870
Henry Fish[[File:Henry Fish.jpg75px]]18701873
Andrew Mercer[[File:Andrew Mercer, Mayor of Dunedin, 1873-74.jpg75px]]18731874
Keith Ramsay[[File:Keith Ramsay, Mayor of Dunedin, 1874–75.jpg75px]]18741875
Henry John Walter[[File:Henry John Walter, Mayor of Dunedin, 1875-76, 1878-80.jpg75px]]18751876
Charles Reeves[[File:Charles Stephen Reeves, Mayor of Dunedin, 1876–77.jpg75px]]18761877
Richard Henry Leary[[File:Richard Henry Leary, Mayor of Dunedin, 1877–78.jpg75px]]18771878
Henry John Walter[[File:Henry John Walter, Mayor of Dunedin, 1875-76, 1878-80.jpg75px]]18781879
Archibald Hilson Ross[[File:Archibald Hilson Ross, Mayor of Dunedin, 1880–81.jpg75px]]18801881
James Gore[[File:James Gore, Mayor of Dunedin 1881–1882.jpg75px]]18811882
John Bryce Thomson[[File:John Bryce Thomson, Mayor of Dunedin, 1887–83.jpg75px]]18821883
William Parker Street[[File:William Parker Street, Mayor of Dunedin, 1883–84.jpg75px]]18831884
Arthur Scoullar[[File:Arthur Scoullar, Mayor of Dunedin, 1884–85.jpg75px]]18841885
John Barnes[[File:John Barnes, Mayor of Dunedin, 1885–86.jpg75px]]18851886
Richard Henry Leary[[File:Richard Henry Leary, Mayor of Dunedin, 1877–78.jpg75px]]18861887
William Dawson[[File:William Dawson.jpg75px]]18871888
Hugh Gourley[[File:Hugh Gourley, NZETC.jpg75px]]18881889
John Roberts[[File:John Roberts, Mayor of Dunedin, 1889–90.jpg75px]]18891890
John Carroll[[File:John Carroll, Mayor of Dunedin, 1890–91.jpg75px]]18901891
Charles Robert Chapman[[File:Charles Robert Chapman (cropped).jpg75px]]18911892
Charles Haynes[[File:Charles Haynes (cropped).jpg75px]]18921893
Henry Fish[[File:Henry Fish.jpg75px]]18931895
Nathaniel Wales[[File:Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales.jpg75px]]18951896
Hugh Gourley[[File:Hugh Gourley, NZETC.jpg75px]]18961897
Edward Cargill[[File:Edward Bowes Cargill.jpg75px]]18971898
William Swan[[File:William Swan (cropped).jpg75px]]18981899
Robert Chisholm[[File:No image.png75px]]18991901
George Lyon Denniston[[File:George Lyon Denniston.jpg75px]]19011902
James Alexander Park[[File:James Alexander Park.jpg75px]]19021903
Thomas Scott[[File:Thomas Scott (cropped).jpg75px]]19031904
Thomas Reid Christie[[File:Thomas Reid Christie (cropped).jpg75px]]19041905
Joseph Braithwaite[[File:Joseph-Braithwaite-in-mayoral-robes.jpg75px]]19051906
George Lawrence[[File:George Lawrence (cropped).jpg75px]]19061907
John Loudon[[File:John Loudon of Dunedin.jpg75px]]19071908
John McDonald[[File:John McDonald - mayor of Dunedin.jpg75px]]19081909
James Hamlin Walker[[File:Walker P2008-011-004b.jpg75px]]19091910
Thomas Cole[[File:No image.png75px]]19101911
William Burnett[[File:William Burnett of Otago.jpg75px]]19111912
John Wilson[[File:J Wilson, last Mayor of Caversham Borough Council at time it merged with Dunedin City Council 1904.jpg75px]]19121913
William Downie Stewart Jr[[File:William Downie Stewart.jpg75px]]19131914
John Shacklock[[File:John Bradley Shacklock 1917.jpg75px]]19141915
James Clark[[File:James John Clark.jpg75px]]19151919
William Begg[[File:William Begg (cropped).jpg75px]]19191921
James Douglas[[File:James Sandilands Douglas.jpg75px]]19211923
Harold Tapley[[File:Harold Tapley.jpg75px]]19231927
William Taverner[[File:William Burgoyne Taverner.jpg75px]]19271929
Robert Black[[File:Robert Sheriff Black.jpg75px]]19291933
Edwin Thoms Cox[[File:Edwin Cox.jpg75px]]19331938
Andrew Allen[[File:Andrew Henson Allen.jpg75px]]19381944
Donald Cameron[[File:Donald Cameron, 1944.jpg75px]]19441950
Len Wright[[File:Len Wright.jpg75px]]19501959
Stuart Sidey[[File:Stuart Sidey, 1953.jpg75px]]19591965
Russell Calvert[[File:Russell Calvert (crop).jpg75px]]19651968
Jim Barnes[[File:Jim Barnes.jpg75px]]19681977
Cliff Skeggs[[File:Clifford Skeggs.jpg75px]]19771989
Richard Walls[[File:Richard Walls, 1980.jpg75px]]19891995
Sukhi Turner[[File:Sukhi Turner 2009.jpg75px]]19952004
Peter Chin[[File:Peter Chin 2010 Otago Rally.jpg75px]]20042010
Dave Cull[[File:Dave Cull-Blueskin News.jpg75px]]20102019
Aaron Hawkins[[File:Aaron-hawkins.jpg75px]]20192022
Jules Radich[[File:Jules Radich (cropped).jpg100x100px]]20222025
Sophie Barker2025present

Notes

References

References

  1. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/575796/sophie-barker-choses-dunedin-deputy-mayor-meeting-with-councillors-already
  2. (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". [[RNZ]].
  3. "Councillors and Mayors".
  4. "2007 Local Elections". [[Elections New Zealand]].
  5. (22 July 1865). "The Election of Mayor". [[Otago Daily Times]].
  6. Griffiths, George. (September 2005). "Dunedin's 19th Century Mayors". Friends of the [[Hocken Collections]].
  7. for example on this plan consultation page on their website: [https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council/annual-and-long-term-plans/10-year-plan-2021-2031/section-1/introduction Introduction. He kupu whakataki] on DCC website, viewed 2022-11-03
  8. "2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result". Electionz.
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