Mayor of Gisborne

Mayor of Gisborne
Coat of arms of Gisborne
File:Rehette Stoltz with Japanese ambassador October 2022 (cropped).jpg Incumbent Rehette Stoltz since 2019
Style	His/Her Worship
Term length	Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder	William Fitzgerald Crawford
Formation	1877
Deputy	Aubrey Ria
Salary	$158,068
Website	Official website

The mayor of Gisborne is the elected head of local government in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island; one of 67 mayors in the country. The mayor is based in the principle city (and namesake) of the district, Gisborne. The mayor presides over the Gisborne District Council and is directly elected using the single transferable vote method.

Rehette Stoltz is the current mayor of Gisborne.

List of mayors of Gisborne

	Name	Portrait	Term
1	William Fitzgerald Crawford		1877–1878
2	Thomas William Porter	File:Thomas William Porter.jpg	1878–1881
3	Charles Debenham Bennett	File:Charles Debenham Bennett.jpg	1881–1882
4	Edward Knight Brown		1882–1883
(2)	Thomas William Porter	File:Thomas William Porter.jpg	1883–1884
5	Cecil de Lautour		1884–1885
6	Allan McDonald		1885–1886
7	Henry Lewis		1886
(2)	Thomas William Porter	File:Thomas William Porter.jpg	1886–1887
8	William Tucker		1887–1889
(5)	Cecil de Lautour		1889–1890
9	John Townley		1890–1908
10	Douglas Lysnar	File:Douglas Lysnar 1928 (cropped).jpg	1908–1911
11	William Pettie		1911–1913
12	James Robert Kirk		1913–1914
13	William Grice Sherratt		1914–1919
14	George Wildish	File:George Wildish.jpg	1919–1927
15	Charles Edward Armstrong		1927–1928
16	David Coleman	File:David William Coleman.jpg	1928–1933
17	John Jackson		1933–1935
(16)	David Coleman	File:David William Coleman.jpg	1935–1941
18	Noel Henry Bull		1941–1950
19	Harry Barker	File:Harry Barker 1954 (cropped).jpg	1950–1977
20	Richard White		1977–1983
21	Hink Healey		1983–1989
22	John Clarke	File:John Clarke QSO (cropped).jpg	1989–2001
23	Meng Foon	File:Meng Foon 2016 (cropped).jpg	2001–2019
24	Rehette Stoltz	File:Rehette Stoltz with Japanese ambassador October 2022 (cropped) (cropped).jpg	2019–present