Mayor of Grey

The Mayor of Grey, often referred to as the Mayor of Greymouth, officiates over the Grey District of New Zealand which is administered by the Grey District Council with its seat in Greymouth. The current mayor is Tania Gibson. Two predecessors to this office were the mayor of Greymouth, officiating over the Greymouth Borough Council from 1868, and from 1877 the chairman of the Grey County Council.

## History

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The Greymouth Borough was constituted in 1868 under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1867. This covered the urban area of Greymouth.[1]

After provincial government had been abolished in 1876, counties were formed in the following year. One of those was Grey County that covered an area around Greymouth.[2] The first chairman of Grey County was Arthur Guinness.[3]

Greymouth Borough and Grey County were abolished in the 1989 local government reforms, when the areas became part of Grey District. Since then, the head of the administration has been the mayor of Grey.

## List of mayors and chairmen

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### Mayors of Greymouth Borough

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The first elections were held in Greymouth Borough on 26 August 1868, when nine councillors were elected.[4] Even before the councillors met for the first time, it was discovered that the legislation required for three of them to retire by rotation on 10 September.[5][6][7] All three councillors stood for re-election,[8] but one of them was replaced by Edward Masters.[9] At the first meeting of the council in the following week, Masters was elected the first mayor of Greymouth by his fellow councillors.[10][11]

Barry Dallas was mayor of Greymouth from 1966 to 1968, and from 1980 until the borough's abolition in 1989. He then became the inaugural mayor of the new Grey District.[12]

| Name  | Portrait  | Term  | Notes

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1  | Edward Masters |  | 1868–1870  | [11]
2  | Joseph Kilgour  |  | 1870  | [13]
3  | Edward Wickes  |  | 1871–1872  | [13]
4  | George Glen  |  | 1873  | [13]
5  | William Simpson Smith  |  | 1874  | [13]
6  | George William Moss  |  | 1875–1876  | [13]First Ratepayer Election
7  | Francis Hamilton  |  | 1877–1878  | [13]
8  | Richard Nancarrow  |  | 1879–1881  | [13]
9  | James Barkley  |  | 1882–1883  | [13][14]
10  | Fritz Carl Dupre  |  | 1884  | [13]
11  | John Griffiths Thomas  |  | 1885  | [13]
8 | Richard Nancarrow  |  | 1886  | second period[13]
12  | Joseph Petrie |  | 1887–1888  | [13]Mayor paid 100pounds annually. Last Borough to pay in NZ
13  | John Mitchell  |  | 1889–1890  | [13]
14  | Andrew Matheson  |  | 1891–1892  |
15  | William Robert Kettle  |  | 1893–1894  | [13][15]
16  | Frederick Barrington Waters  |  | 1894  | [14]
17  | Felix Campbell  |  | 1894–1895  | [13][16]
18  | Jacob Theodore Skoglund  |  | 1896–1898  | [13]
14 | Andrew Matheson  |  | 1899–1903  | second period
19  | Jesse Steer  |  | 1903–1904  | [13][17]
20  | James Andrew Petrie  |  | 1904–1907  | [17][18]
12 | Joseph Petrie  |  | 1907–1908  | second period[18][19]
21  | Thomas Coates  |  | 1908–1910  | [20][21]
22  | Alfred Charles Russell  |  | 1910–1912  | [21][22]
23  | George Edward Perkins  |  | 1912–1917  | [22][23]
24  | James Daniel Lynch  |  | 1917–1923  | [14][24]
25  | William Henry Parfitt  |  | 1923–1927  | [14]
26  | John Webber Greenslade  |  | 1927–1935  | [25] 9 years service
27  | William Meldrum |  | 1935–1938  | [26]
28  | Fred Kitchingham  |  | 1938–1947  | [27] 9 years service
29  | Fred Boustridge  |  | 1947–1950  |
30  | Frederick Lovell Turley  |  | 1950–1953  |
31  | Frederick William Baillie  |  | 1954–1965  | [14][28] 12 years service
32  | Barry Dallas |  | 1965–1968  |
33  | Ossie Jackson  |  | 1968–1980  | 12 years service
32 | Barry Dallas  |  | 1980–1989  | second period

### Chairmen of the Grey County

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Grey County chairmen | Name  | Term  | Notes

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1  | Arthur Guinness | 1877–1884  |
2  | John Mangan Clifford  | 1885  | [29]
3  | John Warren  | 1886  | [30]
1 | Arthur Guinness  | 1887  | 2nd period
4  | Denis Ryall  | 1888  | [31]
5  | James Marshall | 1889  |
6  | Patrick Foley  | 1890  | [32]
7  | William McKechnie  | 1891  | [33]
8  | J. McCarthy  | 1892  |
9  | Michael Hannan  | 1893  |
10  | R. Larkin  | 1894  |
11  | James Finn  | 1895  | [30]
12  | James Hargreaves  | 1896  | [30]
13  | S. R. Harris  | 1897  |
8 | J. McCarthy  | 1898  | 2nd period
9 | Michael Hannan  | 1899  | 2nd period
5 | James Marshall  | 1900  | 2nd period
7 | William McKechnie  | 1901  | 2nd period
4 | Denis Ryall  | 1902  | 2nd period
10 | R. Larkin  | 1903  | 2nd period
11 | James Finn  | 1904  | 2nd period
12 | James Hargreaves  | 1905  | 2nd period
13 | S. R. Harris  | 1906  | 2nd period
8 | J. McCarthy  | 1907  | 3rd period
9 | Michael Hannan  | 1908  | 3rd period
5 | James Marshall  | 1909  | 3rd period
14  | John Tindale  | 1910  | [30]
15  | John Ryall | 1911  | [30]
10 | R. Larkin  | 1912  | 3rd period
9 | Michael Hannan  | 1913  | 4th period
8 | J. McCarthy  | 1914  | 4th period
16  | P. Ryder  | 1915  |
15 | John Ryall  | 1916  | 2nd period
9 | Michael Hannan  | 1917  | 5th period
8 | J. McCarthy  | 1918  | 5th period
17  | D. Baybutt  | 1919  |
18  | J. P. Irvine  | 1920  |
19  | A. Blair  | 1921  |
8 | J. McCarthy  | 1921  | 6th period
20  | Jack Hannan  | 1922–1923  |
21  | P. Donnellan  | 1924  |
20 | Jack Hannan  | 1925  | 2nd period
17 | D. Baybutt  | 1926  | 2nd period
15 | John Ryall  | 1927  | 3rd period
22  | A. Robinson  | 1928  |
20 | Jack Hannan  | 1929  | 3rd period
23  | W. T. Ogilvie  | 1930  |
15 | John Ryall  | 1931  | 4th period
20 | Jack Hannan  | 1932  | 4th period
24  | G. Blair  | 1933  |
25  | J. Mulcare  | 1934  |
20 | Jack Hannan  | 1935  | 5th period
15 | John Ryall  | 1936  | 5th period
20 | Jack Hannan  | 1937–1938  | 6th period
15 | John Ryall  | 1939  | 6th period
20 | Jack Hannan  | 1940  | 7th period
26  | H. G. Carter  | 1941  |
25 | J. Mulcare  | 1942  | 2nd period
27  | W. Fisher  | 1943  |
28  | R. Clark  | 1944  |
15 | John Ryall  | 1945  | 7th period
20 | Jack Hannan  | 1946–1947  | 8th period
29  | J. Ryan  | 1948  |
25 | J. Mulcare  | 1949  | 3rd period
20 | Jack Hannan  | 1950  | 9th period
28 | R. Clark  | 1951  | 2nd period
30  | T. G. Jamieson  | 1952  |
15 | John Ryall  | 1953  | 8th period; died 26 May 1953
31  | J. Clayton  | 1953–1954  |
29 | J. Ryan  | 1955  | 2nd period
32  | D. J. Ryall  | 1956  |
33  | M. K. Molloy  | 1957  |
34  | J. Shields  | 1958  |
31 | J. Clayton  | 1959  | 2nd period
35  | D. R. Gibbens  | 1960  |
32 | D. J. Ryall  | 1961  | 2nd period
36  | A. D. Kennedy  | 1962  |
33 | M. K. Molloy  | 1963  | 2nd period
35 | D. R. Gibbens  | 1964  | 2nd period
37  | R. Aynsley  | 1965  |
31 | J. Clayton  | 1966  | 3rd period
33 | M. K. Molloy  | 1966  | 3rd period
38  | B. Myer  | 1967  |
32 | D. J. Ryall  | 1968–1970  | 3rd period
39  | Doug Truman  | 1971–1978  |
40  | C. H. McLellan  | 1979–1980  |
41  | Bob Smithem  | 1981–1989  |

### Mayors of Grey District

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| Name  | Portrait  | Term  | Notes

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1  | Barry Dallas |  | 1989–1991  | [34] 14 years service of Greymouth and Grey District
2  | Ron Hibbs  |  | 1991–1998  | [34]
3  | Kevin Brown  |  | 1998–2004  | [35]
4  | Tony Kokshoorn |  | 2004–2019  | [35] 15 years service. Longest-serving mayor of Greymouth and Grey District
5  | Tania Gibson |  | 2019–present  | [35] Greymouth's first woman mayor

## References

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Seat: Greymouth

Populated places|

| Greymouth Central Ward|

* Blaketown
* Cobden
* Greymouth Central
* Karoro
* Wharemoa

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Eastern Ward|

* Ahaura
* Blackball
* Brunner
* Dobson
* Haupiri
* Inchbonnie
* Kokiri
* Moana
* Ngahere
* Stillwater
* Taylorville
* Wallsend

Northern Ward|

* Barrytown
* Dunollie
* Runanga

Southern Ward|

* Paroa
* Shantytown

Geographic features|

* Ahaura River
* Alexander River
* Barrytown Flats
* Big River
* Lake Brunner
* Clarke River
* Crooked River
* Eastern Hohonu River
* Greenstone River / Hokonui
* Grey River / Māwheranui
* Harper Pass
* Kangaroo Lake
* Little Hohonu River
* Nancy River
* Ōrangipuku River
* Otto River
* Paparoa Range
* Lake Poerua
* Poerua River
* Rough River
* Taramakau River
* Upper Grey River
* Waiheke River
* Waikiti River

Facilities and attractions|

* Arnold Power Station
* Bell Hill mill tramway
* Blackball Branch
* Blackball Museum of Working Class History
* Greymouth Airport
* Hannah's Building
* History House Museum
* John Sturgeon Park
* Kotuku Model Bungalow
* Left Bank Art Gallery
* Omoto locomotive dump
* Paparoa National Park
* Paparoa Track
* Pike29 Memorial Track
* Pike River Mine
* Rapahoe Branch
* Rewanui Branch
* Ross Branch
* Runanga Miners' Hall
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* Stillwater–Ngākawau Line
* Tyneside Mine
* Wingham Park

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