caption predecessor party office birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title name
celia wade-brown in 2013 kerry prendergast green party mayor of wellington 12 july 1956 34th 27 october 2010 alastair nicholson -lrb- m. 16 january 1993 -rrb- celia wade-brown , 2013.jpg celia wade-brown
 celia wade-brown
celia wade-brown

celia wade-brown -lrb- born 12 july 1956 -rrb- is the 34th and current mayor of wellington , the capital city of new zealand .
she is the third woman mayor , replacing centre-right kerry prendergast .
she defeated prendergast by 176 votes in the 2010 single transferable vote mayoral election , winning a second term in 2013 .
she is the second mayor of a major new zealand city to be a member of the green party of aotearoa new zealand , after dunedin 's sukhi turner , but she stood as an independent candidate .
