Mayor of Christchurch

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Template:Short description Template:Use New Zealand English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox Political post The mayor of Christchurch is the elected head of local government in Christchurch, New Zealand; one of 67 mayors in the country. The mayor presides over the Christchurch City Council and is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method. The current mayor, Phil Mauger, was first elected in 2022. The current deputy mayor is Victoria Henstock.[1]

Christchurch was initially governed by the chairman of the town council. In 1868, the chairman became the city council's first mayor as determined by his fellow city councillors. Since 1875, the mayor is elected by eligible voters and, after an uncontested election, the first election was held in the following year.

History

Chairmen of the Town Council

Christchurch became a city by Royal charter on 31 July 1856; the first in New Zealand. Since 1862, chairmen were in charge of local government. Five chairmen presided in the initial years:[2]

Name Portrait Term
1 John Hall File:John Hall.jpg 1862–1863
2 John Ollivier File:John Ollivier.jpg 1863–1864
3 Isaac Luck File:Isaac Luck.jpg 1865
4 Edward Bishop File:Edward Brenchley Bishop.jpg 1866
5 William Wilson File:William Barbour Wilson.jpg 1867

Mayors of the City Council

The town council held a meeting on 10 June 1868 to elect its first mayor. In those days, councillors were elected for three-year terms, and once a year elected one of their group as mayor, i.e. the position was not elected at large (by the voting public) as is the case today.[3]

The following councillors attended the 10 June meeting: William Wilson, James Purvis Jameson, T. Tombs, George Ruddenklau, Henry Thomson, W. A. Sheppard, William Calvert[4] and John Anderson, who chaired the meeting. Thomson moved that Wilson be elected as the first mayor of Christchurch, and Tombs seconded the motion. The chairman put the motion to the meeting and it was carried unanimously. With the meeting, the council had brought itself under the Municipal Corporations Act 1867.[3][5]

Hence, the last chairman (William Wilson) became the first mayor in 1868. The first chairman (John Hall) became mayor 44 years later in 1906. There have been 46 holders of the position. The longest-serving was Sir Hamish Hay, who held the post for 15 years (5 terms). The shortest mayoralty was by Tommy Taylor in 1911, who died three months after being elected.[6] Wilson's term, at just over six months, was the second shortest. Vicki Buck and Lianne Dalziel, have been the only female mayors so far.

Initially, councillors elected one of their own as mayor towards the end of the year, and the role was usually awarded to the most senior councillor. Most elections were unanimous, and the newly elected mayor was instantly regarded as the head of the council. The system changed with the introduction of The Municipal Corporations Acts Amendment Act, 1875, as that legislation stipulated that mayors had to be elected at large (i.e. by eligible voters).[7][8] Fred Hobbs, the incumbent, was the only candidate nominated, so he was declared elected unopposed on 17 December 1875.[9] James Gapes was the first mayor elected at large on 20 December 1876.[10][11][12] The newly elected person was from that point the mayor-elect, until he was sworn in; Gapes was sworn in on 2 January 1877.[13] Despite this, Taylor's death in 1911 resulted in councillors electing their fellow councillor John Joseph Dougall as mayor as required by the legislation for such cases.[14]

Mayors were initially appointed and then elected for one year; elections started following the Municipal Corporations Act of 1876.[15] This was changed to biennial elections "on the last Wednesday in April" with the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913. The act came into force in March 1915 and thus first applied at the April 1915 mayoral election.[16] The Municipal Corporations Act, 1933 changed the mayoral term to three years, and this commenced with the 1935 mayoral election.[17]

Five mayors have held non-consecutive terms:

Recent mayors

Four former mayors are alive:

List of mayors

Name Portrait Term
1 William Wilson File:William Barbour Wilson.jpg 1868[5]
2 John Anderson File:John Anderson (mayor).jpg 1868–1869[18]
3 Andrew Duncan File:Andrew Duncan (mayor).jpg 1869–1870[19]
4 James Jameson File:James Jameson portrait.jpg 1870–1871[20]
5 Henry Sawtell File:Henry Sawtell portrait.jpg 1871–1872
6 Edward Bishop File:Edward Brenchley Bishop.jpg 1872–1873
7 Michael Hart File:Michael Brannan Hart portrait.jpg 1873–1874
8 Fred Hobbs File:Fred Hobbs portrait.jpg 1875–1876
9 James Gapes File:James Gapes portrait.jpg 1876–1877
10 Henry Thomson File:Henry Thomson portrait.jpg 1877–1878
11 Charles Thomas Ick File:Charles Thomas Ick portrait.jpg 1878–1880
(9) James Gapes File:James Gapes portrait.jpg 1880–1881
12 George Ruddenklau File:John George Ruddenklau.jpg 1881–1883
13 Charles Hulbert File:Charles Hulbert (Hay).jpg 1883–1885
14 Aaron Ayers File:Aaron Ayers portrait.jpg 1885–1887[21]
15 Charles Louisson File:Charles Louisson, 1888.jpg 1887–1889[22]
16 Samuel Manning File:S Manning.jpg 1889–1890
17 Charles Gray File:Charles Mathew Gray.jpg 1890–1891
18 William Prudhoe File:William Prudhoe.jpg 1891–1892
19 Eden George File:Eden George 01.jpg 1892–1893
20 Thomas Gapes File:Thomas Gapes portrait.jpg 1893–1894
21 Walter Cooper File:Walter Henry Cooper.jpg 1894–1895
22 Harry Beswick File:Beswick obit.gif 1895–1896
(21) Walter Cooper File:Walter Henry Cooper.jpg 1896–1897[23]
(15) Charles Louisson File:Charles Louisson, 1888.jpg 1897–1899[24]
23 William Reece File:William Reece cropped.jpg 1899–1901
24 Arthur Rhodes File:Arthur Rhodes portrait.jpg 1901–1902
25 Henry Wigram File:Sir Henry Wigram.jpg 1902–1904
(17) Charles Gray File:Charles Mathew Gray.jpg 1904–1905
26 John Hall File:John Hall.jpg 1906–1907
27 George Payling File:George Payling (cropped).jpg 1907–1908
28 Charles Allison File:Charles Allison.jpg 1908–1911
29 Tommy Taylor File:Thomas Edward Taylor crop, 1910.jpg 1911†
30 John Joseph Dougall File:John Joseph Dougall (Hay).jpg 1911–1912
31 Henry Holland File:Henry Holland, ca 1929.jpg 1912–1919
32 Henry Thacker File:Henry Thacker, 1918.jpg 1919–1923
33 James Flesher File:James Arthur Flesher, ca 1920.jpg 1923–1925
34 Rev John Archer File:John Archer, 1935.jpg 1925–1931
35 Dan Sullivan File:Daniel Giles Sullivan (1935).jpg 1931–1936
36 John Beanland File:John Beanland, 1938.jpg 1936–1938
37 Robert Macfarlane File:Robert Macfarlane (crop).jpg 1938–1941
38 Ernest Andrews File:Ernest Andrews.jpg 1941–1950
(37) Robert Macfarlane File:Robert Macfarlane (crop).jpg 1950–1958
39 George Manning File:George Manning, 1938.jpg 1958–1968
40 Ron Guthrey File:Ron Guthrey, 1950.jpg 1968–1971
41 Neville Pickering File:Neville Pickering.jpg 1971–1974
42 Hamish Hay File:Hamish Hay, 1971.jpg 1974–1989[25]
43 Vicki Buck File:Vicki Buck.jpg 1989–1998
44 Garry Moore File:Garry Moore, 2012.jpg 1998–2007
45 Bob Parker File:Bob Parker KNZM (cropped).jpg 2007–2013
46 Lianne Dalziel File:Lianne Dalziel September 2017.jpg 2013–2022
47 Phil Mauger File:Phil Mauger - 52750517421 (cropped).jpg 2022–present

List of deputy-mayors of Christchurch

Script error: No such module "Category see also".Template:Category see also/Category pair check The position of deputy mayor was established in 1917.[2] In the first meeting of the newly elected council on 7 May 1917, Alfred Williams[26] was the first city councillor to be elected to the position.[27] Five deputy-mayors were later elected as mayors: John Beanland, James Flesher, Dan Sullivan, Ernest Andrews, and George Manning. Four deputy-mayors were mayors before they served as deputies: Henry Thacker, John Archer, Robert Macfarlane, and Vicki Buck.[2] Since October 2025, the current deputy mayor is Victoria Henstock, who represents the Papanui ward.[1]

Mayor Term (mayor) Deputy-mayor Term (deputy)
31 Henry Holland 1912–1919 1 Alfred Williams[2] 1917–1919
32 Henry Thacker 1919–1923 2 John Beanland[2] 1919–1921
3 James Flesher[2] 1921–1923
33 James Flesher 1923–1925 4 Arnaud McKellar[2][28] 1923–1925
34 Rev John Archer 1925–1931 5 Charles Phipp Agar[2][28] 1925–1927
6 Dan Sullivan[2] 1927–1929
7 Henry Thacker[2] 1929–1931
35 Dan Sullivan 1931–1936 8 Rev John Archer[2] 1931–1935
John Beanland, 2nd time[2] 1935–1936
36 John Beanland 1936–1938 9 Ernest Andrews[2] 1936–1938
37 Robert Macfarlane 1938–1941 10 John Septimus "Jack" Barnett[2][29] 1938–1941
38 Ernest Andrews 1941–1950 11 Melville Lyons[2] 1941–1947
12 James (Jim) Neil Clarke[2][30][31] 1947–1950
Robert Macfarlane, 2nd time 1950–1958 13 George Manning[2] 1950–1958
39 George Manning 1958–1968 14 Leslie George Amos[2][32] 1958–1959
15 Harold Smith[2]Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1959–1971
40 Ron Guthrey 1968–1971
41 Neville Pickering 1971–1974 16 Robert Macfarlane[2] 1971–1974
42 Hamish Hay 1974–1989 17 Peter Skellerup[2]Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974–1980
18 Rex Lester[2]Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1980–1983
19 Maurice Carter[2][33] 1983–1989
43 Vicki Buck 1989–1998 20 Morgan Fahey[2] 1989–1998
44 Garry Moore 1998–2007 21 Lesley Keast[2] 1998–2004
22 Carole Evans[2] 2005–2007
45 Bob Parker 2007–2013 23 Norm Withers[34] 2008–2010
24 Ngaire Button[35] 2011–2013
46 Lianne Dalziel 2013–2022 25 Vicki Buck 2013–2016
26 Andrew Turner 2016–2022
47 Phil Mauger 2022–present 27 Pauline Cotter[36] 2022–2025
28 Victoria Henstock 2025–present

Timeline of mayors

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from:1872 till:1873 text:"Edward Bishop"
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from:1877 till:1878 text:"Henry Thomson"
from:1878 till:1880 text:"Charles T. Ick"
from:1880 till:1881 text:"James Gapes"
from:1881 till:1883 text:"George Ruddenklau"
from:1883 till:1885 text:"Charles Hulbert"
from:1885 till:1887 text:"Aaron Ayers"
from:1887 till:1889 text:"Charles Louisson"
from:1889 till:1890 text:"Samuel Manning"
from:1890 till:1891 text:"Charles Gray"
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from:1892 till:1893 text:"Eden George"
from:1893 till:1894 text:"Thomas Gapes"
from:1894 till:1895 text:"Walter Cooper"
from:1895 till:1896 text:"Harry Beswick"
from:1896 till:1897 text:"Walter Cooper"
from:1897 till:1899 text:"Charles Louisson"
from:1899 till:1901 text:"William Reece"
from:1901 till:1902 text:"Arthur Rhodes"
from:1902 till:1904 text:"Henry Wigram"
from:1904 till:1905 text:"Charles Gray"
from:1906 till:1907 text:"John Hall"
from:1907 till:1908 text:"George Payling"
from:1908 till:1911 text:"Charles Allison"
from:1911 till:1911.5 text:"Tommy Taylor"
from:1911.5 till:1912 text:"John J. Dougall"
from:1912 till:1919 text:"Henry Holland"
from:1919 till:1923 text:"Henry Thacker"
from:1923 till:1925 text:"James Flesher"
from:1925 till:1931 text:"Rev John Archer"
from:1931 till:1936 text:"Dan Sullivan"
from:1936 till:1938 text:"John Beanland"
from:1938 till:1941 text:"Robert Macfarlane"
from:1941 till:1950 text:"Ernest Andrews"
from:1950 till:1958 text:"Robert Macfarlane"
from:1958 till:1968 text:"George Manning"
from:1968 till:1971 text:"Ron Guthrey"
from:1971 till:1974 text:"Neville Pickering"
from:1974 till:1989 text:"Hamish Hay"
from:1989 till:1998 text:"Vicki Buck"
from:1998 till:2007 text:"Garry Moore"
from:2007 till:2013 text:"Bob Parker"
from:2013 till:2022 text:"Lianne Dalziel"
from:2022 till:end text:"Phil Mauger"

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Notes

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