# Mayor of Auckland City

The Mayor of Auckland City was the directly elected head of the Auckland City Council, the municipal government of Auckland City, New Zealand. The office existed from 1871 to 2010, when the Auckland City Council and mayoralty was abolished and replaced with the Auckland Council and the Mayor of Auckland.

## History

Auckland obtained its first local government in 1851, when the Borough of Auckland was created, covering an area of 58,000 acres (230 km$^2$). This short-lived entity, which existed for about one year, had only one mayor, Archibald Clark.
When the City of Auckland was formally incorporated in 1871, it covered a much smaller area of 623 acres (2.52 km$^2$). Its municipal council was led by a chairman, Walter Lee. Soon afterwards the office of Mayor of Auckland was created. At first, the mayor was elected by the councillors. In 1875, Benjamin Tonks was the first mayor elected at large, i.e. by the ratepayers. There were 39 holders of the position. The longest-serving was Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, who held the post for 18 years, and was the first person to serve non-consecutive terms. There were two female Mayors; Catherine Tizard in 1983 and Christine Fletcher in 1998.
The city council was abolished on 31 October 2010. The area has since been governed by the Auckland Council, which also governs the rest of the Auckland Region.

## List of mayors of Auckland City

Key
Independent Citizens & Ratepayers Labour
†: Died in office
| # | Name | Term of Office | Term of Office |
| 1 | Philip Philips | 22 May 1871 | 9 July 1874 |
| 2 | Henry Isaacs | 20 July 1874 | 16 December 1874 |
| 3 | Frederick Prime | 16 December 1874 | 16 December 1875 |
| 4 | Benjamin Tonks | 16 December 1875 | 20 December 1876 |
| 5 | William Hurst | 20 December 1876 | 19 December 1877 |
| 6 | Henry Brett | 19 December 1877 | 27 November 1878 |
| 7 | Thomas Peacock | 27 November 1878 | 15 December 1880 |
| 8 | James Clark | 15 December 1880 | 20 December 1883 |
| 9 | William Waddel | 20 December 1883 | 23 December 1886 |
| 10 | Albert Devore | 23 December 1886 | 18 December 1889 |
| 11 | John Upton | 18 December 1889 | 18 December 1891 |
| 12 | William Crowther | 18 December 1891 | 20 December 1893 |
| 13 | James Job Holland | 20 December 1893 | 16 December 1896 |
| 14 | Abraham Boardman | 16 December 1896 | 11 May 1897 |
| 15 | Peter Dignan | 11 May 1897 | 21 December 1898 |
| 16 | David Goldie | 21 December 1898 | 8 May 1901 |
| 17 | John Logan Campbell | 8 May 1901 | 25 July 1901 |
| 18 | Alfred Kidd | 30 July 1901 | 13 May 1903 |
| 19 | Edwin Mitchelson | 13 May 1903 | 3 May 1905 |
| 20 | Arthur Myers | 3 May 1905 | 25 February 1909 |
| 21 | Charles Grey | 2 March 1909 | 4 May 1910 |
| 22 | Lemuel Bagnall | 4 May 1910 | 3 May 1911 |
| 23 | James Parr | 3 May 1911 | 5 May 1915 |
| 24 | James Gunson | 5 May 1915 | 6 May 1925 |
| 25 | George Baildon | 6 May 1925 | 13 May 1931 |
| 26 | George Hutchison | 13 May 1931 | 15 May 1935 |
| 27 | Ernest Davis | 15 May 1935 | 28 May 1941 |
| 28 | John Allum | 28 May 1941 | 26 November 1953 |
| 29 | John Luxford | 26 November 1953 | 3 December 1956 |
| 30 | Tom Ashby | 3 December 1956 | 26 September 1957† |
| 31 | Keith Buttle | 11 November 1957 | 8 December 1959 |
| 32 | Dove-Myer Robinson | 8 December 1959 | 28 October 1965 |
| 33 | Roy McElroy | 28 October 1965 | 23 October 1968 |
| (32) | Dove-Myer Robinson | 23 October 1968 | 30 October 1980 |
| 34 | Colin Kay | 30 October 1980 | 26 October 1983 |
| 35 | Catherine Tizard | 26 October 1983 | 28 September 1990 |
| 36 | Les Mills | 21 December 1990 | 4 November 1998 |
| 37 | Christine Fletcher | 4 November 1998 | 1 November 2001 |
| 38 | John Banks | 1 November 2001 | 31 October 2004 |
| 39 | Dick Hubbard | 31 October 2004 | 1 November 2007 |
| (38) | John Banks | 1 November 2007 | 31 October 2010 |

### List of deputy-mayors

Key
Independent Citizens & Ratepayers Labour City Vision
†: Died in office
| Name | Term of Office | Term of Office | Mayor |
| John Court | 1913 | 1915 | Parr |
| Andrew Entrican | 1915 | 1920 | Gunson |
| Harold D. Heather | 1920 | 1922† | Gunson |
| George Baildon | 1922 | 1925 | Gunson |
| James A. Warnock | 1925 | 1927 | Baildon |
| Andrew Entrican | 1927 | 1935 | Baildon |
| Andrew Entrican | 1927 | 1935 | Hutchison |
| Bernard Martin | 1935 | 1938 | Davis |
| George Richardson | 1938† | 1938† | | Davis |
| John Allum | 1938 | 1941 | Davis |
| Leonard Coakley | 1941 | 1950 | Allum |
| Arthur Bailey | 1950 | 1952† | Allum |
| Roy McElroy | 1952 | 1953 | Allum |
| Keith Buttle | 1953 | 1957 | Luxford |
| Keith Buttle | 1953 | 1957 | Ashby |
| Fred Ambler | 1957 | 1962 | Buttle |
| Fred Ambler | 1957 | 1962 | Robinson |
| Fred Glasse | 1962 | 1970 | Robinson |
| Fred Glasse | 1962 | 1970 | McElroy |
| Fred Glasse | 1962 | 1970 | Robinson |
| Max Tounge | 1970 | 1971 | Robinson |
| Lindo Ferguson | 1971 | 1977 | Robinson |
| Jolyon Firth | 1977 | 1980 | Robinson |
| John Strevens | 1980 | 1986 | Kay |
| John Strevens | 1980 | 1986 | Tizard |
| Harold Goodman | 1986 | 1988† | Tizard |
| Phil Warren | 1988 | 1991 | Tizard |
| Phil Warren | 1988 | 1991 | Mills |
| David Hay | 1991 | 1998 | Mills |
| Bruce Hucker | 1998 | 2001 | Fletcher |
| David Hay | 2001 | 2004 | Banks |
| Bruce Hucker | 2004 | 2007 | Hubbard |
| David Hay | 2007 | 2010 | Banks |