Mayor of Papakura

The Mayor of Papakura was the head of the municipal government of Papakura, New Zealand, and presided first over Papakura Borough (1938–1975), then Papakura City (1975–1989), and finally Papakura District (1989–2010). The mayor was directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system.

History

Papakura City was constituted as a city on 1 January 1975. It existed until the 1989 local government reforms, when "Papakura City" was subsumed by "Papakura District". Papakura District was abolished on 31 October 2010, when the area became part of the Auckland Region, governed by the Auckland Council.

The 2007 mayoralty (and the last one before the advent of the Super City) was contested by Calum Penrose, the incumbent John Robertson, and Brent Catchpole. They received 5386, 3985 and 757 votes, respectively. Penrose was thus elected.

List of mayors of Papakura

The following persons served as mayor of Papakura:

	Name	Portrait	Term of office	Notes
Papakura Borough
1	Samuel Evans		1938–1947
2	Ted Busing	Error creating thumbnail:	1947–1953
3	Ike Mack	Error creating thumbnail:	1953–1966
4	Archibald Campbell	Error creating thumbnail:	1966–1975
Papakura City
(4)	Archibald Campbell	Error creating thumbnail:	1975–1977
5	Jack Farrell	Error creating thumbnail:	1977–1983
6	George Hawkins	File:George Hawkins.jpg	1983–1989
Papakura District
(6)	George Hawkins	File:George Hawkins.jpg	1989–1992
7	David Hawkins	Error creating thumbnail:	1992–2000	Resigned in October 2000
8	David Buist	Error creating thumbnail:	2000–2004	Elected in byelection, 25 November 2000
9	John Robertson	File:John Struan Robertson (cropped).jpg	2004–2007
10	Calum Penrose	Error creating thumbnail:	2007–2010