Mayor of New Plymouth

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Mayor of New Plymouth
Incumbent
Max Brough[1]
since 2025
StyleHis/Her Worship
Term lengthThree years, renewable
Inaugural holderArthur Standish
Formation1876
Salary$160,757[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

The mayor of New Plymouth officiates over the New Plymouth District Council in New Zealand. Since the 2022 local elections, the mayor is elected directly using the single transferable vote electoral system; prior to that, first-past-the-post voting was used.[3] The current mayor is Max Brough.[1]

List of office holders

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New Plymouth has had 27 mayors:

Name Portrait Term
1 Arthur Standish[4] 1876–1878
2 Albert Cracroft Fookes[5] 1878–1879
3 James Davidson[6] 1879–1881
4 William Bayly[7] 1881–1884
5 James Paul[8] 1884–1886
(4) William Bayly[7] 1886–1888
6 John Barton Roy[9] 1888–1889
7 James Bellringer[10] 1889–1893
(6) John Barton Roy[9] 1893–1897
8 Edward Dockrill[11] File:Edward Dockrill.jpg 1897–1903
9 Richard Cock[12] 1903–1906
(8) Edward Dockrill[11] File:Edward Dockrill.jpg 1906–1908
10 Gustave Tisch[13] File:Gustave Tisch (cropped).jpg 1908–1911
11 George William Browne 1911–1914
12 J. E. Wilson 1914–1915
13 Charles Hayward Burgess 1915–1919
14 James Clarke 1919–1920
15 Frank Edwin Wilson[14] 1920–1927
16 Victor Griffiths 1927–1933
17 Everard Gilmour[15] File:Everard Gilmour.jpg 1933–1953
18 Edward Hill[15] File:Edward Owen Eustace Hill.jpg 1953–1956
19 Alfred Honnor[15] 1956–1968
20 Denis Sutherland[15] 1968–1980
21 David Lean[15] 1980–1992
22 Claire Stewart[15] 1992–2001
23 Peter Tennent[15] 2001–2010
24 Harry Duynhoven[15][16] File:Harry Duynhoven.jpg 2010–2013
25 Andrew Judd[17][15] 2013–2016
26 Neil Holdom[17][15] 2016–2025
27 Max Brough[1] 2025–present

List of deputy mayors

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Name Term Mayor
George Fry 1951–1953 Gilmour
Alfred Honnor 1953–1956 Hill
William Dean 1956–1965 Honnor
Royden Burkitt 1965–1968
Edmund Allen 1968–1974 Sutherland
Royden Burkitt 1974–1980
Ron Barclay 1980–1989 Lean
Thomas Watson 1989–1992
Thomas Beeby 1992–1994 Stewart
W David Wilkinson 1994–1995
Brian Bellringer 1995–1998
Peter Tennent 1998–2001
Lynn Bublitz 2001–2007 Tennent
Alex Matheson 2007–2013
Duynhoven
Heather Dodunski 2013–2016 Judd
Craig McFarlane 2016–2017 Holdom
Richard Jordan 2017–2022
David Bublitz 2022–2025

Deaths in office

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James Clarke died in New Zealand's second fatal air crash while in office;[18] when the three occupants of the plane he was in were killed on 11 November 1920.[19] Clarke had foreshadowed that he intended to resign from the mayoralty that evening.[20]

Gustave Tisch also died while in office as the result of an illness.[21]

References

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  4. ^ "Mr. Arthur Standish". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Mr. Albert Cracroft Fookes". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Mr. James Davidson". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Mr. William Bayly". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Mr. James Paul". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Mr. John Barton Roy". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Mr. James Bellringer". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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  12. ^ "Mr. Richard Cock". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Gustave Gardener Tisch". Puke Ariki. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  14. ^ "Robertshawe, Nancy Grace". Puke Ariki. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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