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Mayor of Invercargill

Head of Invercargill City Council in New Zealand


Head of Invercargill City Council in New Zealand

FieldValue
postMayor
bodyInvercargill
insigniaInvercargill coat of arms full achievement (only mural crown).svg
insigniasize175px
insigniacaptionCoat of arms of Invercargill
incumbentTom Campbell
incumbentsince2025
styleHis/Her Worship
appointerElected
termlengthThree years, renewable
formation1871
inauguralWilliam Wood
salary$149,291
website

The mayor of Invercargill is the head of the municipal government of Invercargill, New Zealand, and leads the Invercargill City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system every three years. The current mayor is Tom Campbell. Invercargill also has a deputy mayor that is chosen from the council. There have been 44 mayors so far.

History

Invercargill was first proclaimed a municipality on 28 June 1871. On 26 August of that year, the first mayoral elections were held, and William Wood was elected as first mayor, defeating J.W. Mitchell by 191 to 140 votes. Unlike other municipalities, the mayor has always been elected "at large" (i.e., by the public), rather than (as for example in Christchurch) the councillors choosing one of their group.

Originally, mayoral elections were held on an annual basis. From 1915, mayors were elected for a two-year term; and, as of 1935, the mayoral term was extended to three years. There is an election in 2022.

When David Roche resigned the mayoralty in 1887, council appointed Aaron Blacke as mayor until an extraordinary election could be held. This was not done in strict accordance with the law, and Blacke is not included in official lists of Mayors of Invercargill.

Greater Invercargill was created on 10 January 1910 during Charles Stephen Longuet's reign. and did not seek re-election in 1912.

Invercargill was proclaimed a city on 1 March 1930 during John D. Campbell's mayoralty.

There has been one female mayor so far – Eve Poole. She died in office in 1992. Tim Shadbolt ran in the resulting by-election and was elected. Shadbolt's 2010 election win was his 8th mayoral term and this made him longest-serving mayor in New Zealand (6 terms served in Invercargill).

Members of Parliament

Seven former mayors have also been Members of Parliament, and all of them represented the Invercargill electorate (the years in brackets give their term in Parliament):

  • William Wood (1866–1870)
  • John Cuthbertson (1873–1875)
  • George Lumsden (1875–1878)
  • James Walker Bain (1879–1881)
  • Joseph Hatch (1884–1887)
  • Josiah Hanan (1899–1925)
  • Ralph Hanan (1946–1969)

List of mayors of Invercargill

Invercargill has had 44 mayors so far:

NameImageTermElections123456(2)78910111213141516(4)1718192021222324252627(12)(21)(27)28(21)(19)(25)29303132(31)3334353637383940414243(42)4445
William Wood[[File:William Wood.jpegcenter60px]]1871–18731871 • 1872
George Lumsden[[File:George Lumsden.jpegcenter60px]]1873–18741873
Thomas Pratt[[File:Thomas Pratt.jpegcenter60px]]1874–18751874
John Walker Mitchell[[File:John Walker Mitchell.jpegcenter60px]]1875–18761875
John Cuthbertson[[File:John Robert Cuthbertson.jpegcenter60px]]1876–18771876
Joseph Hatch[[File:Joseph Hatch.jpegcenter60px]]1877–18781877
George Lumsden
(2nd period)[[File:George Lumsden.jpegcenter60px]]1878–18791878
George Goodwillie[[File:George Goodwillie.jpegcenter60px]]1879–18801879
Nicholas Johnson[[File:Nicholas Johnson.jpegcenter60px]]1880–18811880
Henry Jaggers[[File:Henry Jaggers.jpegcenter60px]]1881–18821881
John Kingsland[[File:John Kingsland.jpegcenter60px]]1882–18831882
William Sherriffs Moir[[File:William Shirreffs Moir.jpegcenter60px]]1883–18841883
George Froggatt[[File:George Froggatt.jpegcenter60px]]1884–18851884
John Lyon McDonald[[File:John Lyon McDonald.jpegcenter60px]]1885–18861885
David Roche[[File:David Roche.jpegcenter60px]]1886–18871886
Aaron BlackeNote that Blacke is not included in official lists of mayors of Invercargill.1887
Edwin Alfred Tapper[[File:Edwin Alfred Tapper.jpegcenter60px]]1887–1888
1887
Thomas Fleming[[File:Thomas Fleming.jpegcenter60px]]1888–18891888
John Walker Mitchell
(2nd period)[[File:John Walker Mitchell.jpegcenter60px]]1889–18901889
William Horatio Hall[[File:William Horatio Hall.jpegcenter60px]]1890–18911890
James Walker Bain[[File:James Walker Bain.jpegcenter60px]]1891–18921891
Duncan McFarlane[[File:Duncan McFarlane.jpegcenter60px]]1892–18931892
Andrew Raeside[[File:Andrew Raeside.jpegcenter60px]]1893–18941893
title=Obituaryurl=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19170924.2.57access-date=21 October 2010work=The Evening Postvolume=xcivissue=73date=24 September 1917page=8 }}[[File:William Benjamin Scandrett.jpegcenter60px]]1894–18951894
John Sinclair[[File:John Sinclair (mayor).jpegcenter60px]]1895–18961895
Josiah Hanan[[File:Josiah Hanan.jpegcenter60px]]1896–18971896
Hugh Mair[[File:Hugh Mair.jpegcenter60px]]1897–18981897
John Stead[[File:John Stead.jpegcenter60px]]1898–18991898
James Smith Goldie[[File:James Smith Goldie.jpegcenter60px]]1899–19011899
Charles Stephen Longuet[[File:Charles Steven Longuet.jpegcenter60px]]title=Installation of Mayorurl=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ST19030516.2.35.5access-date=19 October 2010work=The Southland Timesdate=16 May 1903issue=19048page=1 }}1901 • 1902
George Froggatt
(2nd period)[[File:George Froggatt.jpegcenter60px]]title=Southland News Notesurl=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW19040511.2.123access-date=19 October 2010work=Otago Witnessdate=11 May 1904issue=2617page=44 }}1903
William Benjamin Scandrett
(2nd period)[[File:William Benjamin Scandrett.jpegcenter60px]]1904–19091904 • 1905 • 1906
19071908
Charles Stephen Longuet
(2nd period)[[File:Charles Steven Longuet.jpegcenter60px]]1909–19101909
William Ott[[File:William Alexander Ott.jpgcenter60px]]1910–19121910 • 1911
William Benjamin Scandrett
(3rd period)[[File:William Benjamin Scandrett.jpegcenter60px]]1912–19131912
Duncan McFarlane
(2nd period)[[File:Duncan McFarlane.jpegcenter60px]]1913–1917191319141915
John Stead
(2nd period)[[File:John Stead.jpegcenter60px]]1917–192119171919
John F. Lillicrap[[File:John F. Lillicrap.jpegcenter60px]]1921–19231921
Andrew Bain[[File:Andrew Bain.jpegcenter60px]]1923–19271923 • 1925
John Miller[[File:John Miller (mayor).jpegcenter60px]]1927–19291927
John D. Campbell[[File:John D. Campbell.jpegcenter60px]]1929–19311929
John Miller
(2nd period)[[File:John Miller (mayor).jpegcenter60px]]1931–193819311933
1935 • 1938
J. Ralph Hanan[[File:Ralph Hanan.jpegcenter60px]]1938–1941
John Robert Martin[[File:John Robert Martin.jpegcenter60px]]1941–19421941
Abraham Wachner[[File:Abraham Wachner.jpegcenter60px]]1942–1950
19441947
William Aitchison[[File:William Aitchison.jpegcenter60px]]1950
Brian Hewat[[File:Brian Hewat.jpegcenter60px]]1950–19531950
Adam Adamson[[File:Adam Adamson.jpgcenter60px]]1953–19621953 • 1956 • 1959
Neil Watson[[File:Neil Lachlan Watson.jpgcenter60px]]1962–1971196219651968
F. Russell Miller[[File:Russell Miller (crop).jpgcenter60px]]1971–198319711974
1977 • 1980
Eve Poole[[File:Eve Poole (crop).jpgcenter60px]]1983–199219831986
19891992
Tim Shadbolt[[File:Mayor Shadbolt.jpgcenter60px]]1993–1995
David Harrington1995–19981995
Tim Shadbolt
(2nd period)[[File:Mayor Shadbolt.jpgcenter60px]]1998–20221998 • 2001 • 2004
200720102013
20162019
Nobby Clark2022–20252022
Tom Campbell2025–2025

List of deputy mayors of Invercargill

NameTerm of officeMayor
William Benjamin Scandrett1902Longuet
William Benjamin Scandrett1911Ott
John Stead1915–1916McFarlane
William Ott1918–1919Stead
John Matheson1919
John Lillicrap1919–1920
Thomas Daniel Lennie1922–1923Lillicrap
Alexander Glass1924Bain
Gordon Reed1935–1938J. Miller
Ralph Hananurl=https://www.icc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:2swc6cbtp1cxby8vraxn/hierarchy/assets/services/cemeteries/Past-Mayors-updated-March-2016.pdftitle=Information on past Mayors of Invercargill Citypublisher=Invercargill City Council}}
John Robert Martin1940–1941Hanan
Abraham Wachner1941–1942Martin
William Aitchison1944–1950Wachner
Neil Watson1953–1962Adamson
Clive Faul1962–1965Watson
F. Russell Miller1965–1971
Norman Jones1971–1974F. R. Miller
Eve Poole1974–1980
Michael Deaker1980–1983
Jim Fentonurl=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-southland-times/20091107/281651071183588title=Deputies electeddate=7 November 2009work=The Southland Times }}Poole
Mark Winter1986–1989
Bruce Pagan1989–1992
Dougal Soper1992–1995
Shadbolt
Mark Winter1995–1998Harrington
Neil Boniface1998–2010Shadbolt
Jackie Kruger2010–2012
Darren Ludlow2012–2017
Rebecca Amundsen2017–2019
Toni Biddle2019–2020
Nobby Clark2020–2022
Tom Campbell2022–2025Clark
Grant Dermody2025–presentCampbell

Timeline

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