Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand

Head of the municipal government of Hastings

Mayor of Hastings

Te Koromatua o Heretaunga

Coat of arms of Hastings

Incumbent
Sandra Hazlehurst

since 24 November 2017

Style| His/Her Worship
Seat| Hastings
Term length| 3 years, renewable
Formation| 1886
First holder| Robert Wellwood
Deputy| Tania Kerr
Salary| $160,955[1]
Website| Official website

The mayor of Hastings is the head of local government in the Hastings District of New Zealand's North Island. The mayor presides over the Hastings District Council. The mayor is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method. The first mayor was Robert Wellwood, and the current mayor is Sandra Hazlehurst, first elected in the 2017 by-election. She is the first woman to be elected to the office.

## List of mayors

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No. | Affiliation  | Mayor  | Portrait  | Popular vote  | Term

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1  |  | Independent  | Robert Wellwood
(1836–1927)  |  | unopposed[2] | 1886–1887
2  |  | Independent  | George Ellis
(1837–1928)  |  | Appointed after Wellwood resigned.[3] | 1887–1888
unopposed[4] | 1888–1889
unopposed[5] | 1889–1890
3  |  | Independent  | William Fletcher Burnett
(1848–1893)  |  | 131 (60.4%)[6] | 1890–1891
(2)  |  | Independent  | George Ellis
(1837–1928)  |  | 148 (61.7%)[7] | 1891–1892
unopposed[8] | 1892–1893
unopposed[9] | 1893–1894
4  |  | Independent  | Cecil Fitzroy
(1844–1917)  |  | unopposed[10] | 1894–?
277 (76.1%)[11] | 1896–?
unopposed[12] | 1898–1899
5  |  | Independent  | William Dennett
(1845–1928)  |  | 538 (67.4%)[13] | 1899–1901
674 (58.4%)[14] | 1901–1902
unopposed[15] | 1902–1903
unopposed[16] | 1903–1904
6  |  | Independent  | William Lane  |  | 410 (50.4%)[17] | 1904–1905
(5)  |  | Independent  | William Dennett
(1845–1928)  |  | 500 (44.7%)[18] | 1905–1906
7  |  | Independent  | Thomas Thompson
(1855–1938)  |  | 595 (51.9%)[19] | 1906–1907
659 (50.3%)[20] | 1907–1909
8  |  | Independent  | John Miller
(1869–1940)  |  | 736 (44.2%)[21] | 1909–1911
9  |  | Independent  | James Garnett
(1856–1913)  |  | 1,256 (57.8%)[22] | 1911–1913
unopposed[23] | 1913[a]
10  |  | Independent  | William Hart
(1863–1939)  |  | Appointed after death of Garnett.[25] | 1913–1915
1,295 (55.2%)[26] | 1915–1917
11  |  | Independent  | Horace Simson
(1874–1954)  |  | 1,415 (50.0%)[27] | 1917–1919
12  |  | Independent  | George Ebbett
(1872–1954)  |  | 1,484 (52.2%)[28] | 1919–1921
(10)  |  | Independent  | William Hart
(1863–1939)  |  | unopposed[29] | 1921–1922[b]
13  |  | Independent  | George Maddison
(1887–1949)  |  | Elected by council[30] | 1922–1923
1,716 (81.9%)[31] | 1923–1925
1,995 (75.4%)[32] | 1925–1927
unopposed[33] | 1927–1929
14  |  | Independent  | George Roach
(1866–1934)  |  | 1,110 (36.1%)[34] | 1929–1933[c]
(13)  |  | Independent  | George Maddison
(1887–1949)  |  | 4,258 (74.9%)[35] | 1933–1935
unopposed[36] | 1935–1938
3,279 (58.8%)[37] | 1938–1941
15  |  | Citizens  | Algernon Rainbow
(1885–1969)  |  | 3,459 (70.0%)[38] | 1941–1944
3,780 (71.6%)[39] | 1944–1947
16  |  | Citizens  | Robert Douglas Brown
(1901–1963)  |  | 4,024 (67.3%)[40] | 1947–1950
unopposed[41] | 1950–1953
17  |  |  | Ed Bate
(1901–1999)  |  |  | 1953–1956
4,578[42] | 1956–1959
18  |  |  | Ron Giorgi
(1907–1997)  |  |  | 1959–1962
| 1962–1965
| 1965–1968
| 1968–1971
| 1971–1974
19  |  |  | Jim O'Connor
(1936–2000)  |  |  | 1974–1977
| 1977–1980
| 1980–1983
| 1983–1986
20  |  | Independent  | Jeremy Dwyer
(1947–2005)  |  | 3,486 (46.5%)[43] | 1986–1989
19,677 (86.4%)[44] | 1989–1992
19,550 (84.0%)[45] | 1992–1995
unopposed[46] | 1995–1998
17,684 (78.6%)[47] | 1998–2001
21  |  | Independent  | Lawrence Yule
(b. 1963)  |  | 16,644 (72.4%)[48] | 2001–2004
unopposed[49] | 2004–2007
11,117 (53.6%)[50] | 2007–2010
11,665 (52.6%)[51] | 2010–2013
11,516 (49.7%)[52] | 2013–2016
11,533 (46.0%)[53] | 2016–2017
22  |  | Independent  | Sandra Hazlehurst
(b. 1959)  |  | 10,154 (46.0%)  | 2017–2019
13,188 (54.0%)  | 2019–2022
unopposed | 2022–present

## Elections

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### 19th century

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#### 1886, 1887, 1888, and 1889

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On 29 September 1886, Robert Wellwood was elected unopposed as the first mayor of Hastings.[2] George Ellis was appointed on 21 December 1887 by the Borough Council after Wellwood resigned,[3] and then went on to win unopposed in 1888[4] and 1889.[5] Ellis was declared re-elected on 19 December 1888[4] and 18 December 1889,[5] respectively.

#### 1890

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The 1890 mayoral election occurred on 26 November. William Fletcher Burnett defeated third-term incumbent mayor George Ellis.[6]

1890 Hastings mayoral election[6] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±pp

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| None | William Fletcher Burnett | 131 | 60.4 |
| None  | George Ellis  | 84  | 38.7  |
Informal  | 2  | 0.9  |
Turnout  | 217  |

#### 1891

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The 1891 mayoral election occurred on 26 November. George Ellis defeated incumbent mayor William Fletcher Burnett.[7]

1891 Hastings mayoral election[7] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±pp

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| None | George Ellis | 148 | 61.7 | 23.0
| None  | William Fletcher Burnett  | 92  | 38.3  | 22.1
Turnout  | 240  |  |

#### 1892, 1893, and 1894

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George Ellis was re-elected unopposed in 1892[8] and 1893. He was declared re-elected on 20 November in 1893.[9]

On 19 November 1894, Cecil Fitzroy was declared elected after facing no challengers for the mayoralty.[10]

#### 1896

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The 1896 mayoral election occurred circa 26 November. Cecil Fitzroy was re-elected, defeating George Ellis.[11]

1896 Hastings mayoral election[11] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±pp

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| None | Cecil Fitzroy | 277 | 76.1 |
| None  | George Ellis  | 82  | 22.5  |
Informal  | 5  | 1.4  |
Turnout  | 364  |  |

#### 1898

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Fitzroy was declared re-elected on 23 November after running unopposed.[12]

#### 1899

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The 1899 mayoral election occurred on 29 November. William Dennett defeated incumbent Cecil Fitzroy.[13]

1899 Hastings mayoral election[13] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±pp

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| None | William Dennett | 538 | 67.4 |
| None  | Cecil Fitzroy  | 260  | 32.6  | 43.5
Turnout  | 798  |  |

### 20th century

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#### 1901

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The 1901 mayoral election occurred on 15 May. Incumbent mayor William Dennett again defeated former mayor Cecil Fitzroy.[14]

1899 Hastings mayoral election[14] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±pp

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| None | William Dennett | 674 | 58.4 | 9.0
| None  | Cecil Fitzroy  | 480  | 41.6  | 9.0
Turnout  | 1,154  |  |

#### 1902 and 1903

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William Dennett was re-elected unopposed in 1902 and 1903.[15][16]

#### 1904

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The 1904 mayoral election occurred on 27 April. William Lane defeated incumbent mayor William Dennett.[17]

1904 Hastings mayoral election[17] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±pp

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| None | William Lane | 410 | 50.4 |
| None  | William Dennett  | 396  | 48.6  | 9.8
Informal  | 8  | 1.0  |
Turnout  | 814  |  |

#### 1905

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The 1905 mayoral election occurred on 25 April. Former mayor William Dennett was elected, defeating Thomas Thompson and Cecil Fitzroy.[18]

1905 Hastings mayoral election[18] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±pp

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| None | William Dennett | 500 | 44.7 | 3.9
| None  | Thomas Thompson  | 354  | 31.6  |
| None  | Cecil Fitzroy  | 265  | 23.7  |
Turnout  | 1,119  |  |

#### 1906

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The 1906 mayoral election occurred on 25 April. Thomas Thompson defeated incumbent mayor William Dennett.[19]

1906 Hastings mayoral election[19] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±pp

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| None | Thomas Thompson | 595 | 51.9 | 20.3
| None  | William Dennett  | 535  | 46.6  | 1.9
Informal  | 17  | 1.5  |
Turnout  | 1,147  |  |

#### 1907

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The 1907 mayoral election occurred on 24 April. Thomas Thompson again defeated William Dennett.[20]

1907 Hastings mayoral election[20] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±pp

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| None | Thomas Thompson | 659 | 50.3 | 1.6
| None  | William Dennett  | 378  | 28.8  | 17.8
| None  | William Lane  | 237  | 18.1  |
Informal  | 37  | 2.8  | 1.3
Turnout  | 1,311  |  |

#### 1953–1995

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#### 1998

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The 1998 mayoral election occurred on 10 October. Jeremy Dwyer was elected to a fifth term.[47]

1998 Hastings mayoral election[47] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±

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| None | Jeremy Dwyer | 17,684 | 78.6 |
| None  | Douglas John Green  | 4,805  | 21.4  |
Turnout  | 22,489  |

### 21st century

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#### 2001

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The 2001 mayoral election occurred on 13 October. Lawrence Yule was elected.[48]

2001 Hastings mayoral election[48] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±

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| None | Lawrence Yule | 16,644 | 72.4 |
| None  | Dinah Allison Williams  | 3,467  | 15.1  |
| None  | Kevin Victor Watkins  | 2,846  | 12.4  |
Informal  | 17  | 0.0  |
Turnout  | 22,974  |

#### 2004

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Lawrence Yule was re-elected to his second term unopposed.[49]

#### 2007

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The 2007 mayoral election occurred on 13 October. Lawrence Yule was elected to a third term.[50]

2007 Hastings mayoral election[50] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±

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| None | Lawrence Yule | 11,117 | 53.6 |  18.8
| None  | Simon Nixon  | 7,147  | 34.5
| None  | Peter Nee Harland  | 1,875  | 9.0  |
Informal  | 12  | 0.0  |  0.0
Blank  | 572  | 2.8  |
Turnout  | 20,723  |  |

#### 2010

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The 2010 mayoral election occurred on 9 October. Lawrence Yule was elected to a fourth term.[51]

2010 Hastings mayoral election[51] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±

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| None | Lawrence Yule | 11,665 | 52.6 |  1.0
| None  | Simon Nixon  | 6,976  | 31.5  |  3.0
| Independent  | Des Ratima  | 2,276  | 10.3  |
| None  | Peter Nee Harland  | 799  | 3.6  |  5.4
Informal  | 40  | 0.2  |  0.2
Blank  | 407  | 1.8  |  1.0
Turnout  | 22,163  |  |

#### 2013

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The 2013 mayoral election occurred on 12 October. Lawrence Yule was elected to a fifth term.[52]

2013 Hastings mayoral election[52] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±

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| None | Lawrence Yule | 11,516 | 49.7 |  2.9
| None  | Wayne Lindsay Bradshaw  | 6,119  | 26.4  |
| None  | Simon Nixon  | 4,859  | 21.0  |  10.5
Informal  | 38  | 0.2  |  0.0
Blank  | 640  | 2.8  |  1.0
Turnout  | 23,172  |  |

#### 2016

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The 2016 mayoral election occurred on 8 October. Lawrence Yule won a sixth term in the role.[54]

2016 Hastings mayoral election[53] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±

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| None | Lawrence Yule | 11,533 | 46.0 |  2.7
| None  | Guy Wellwood  | 7,988  | 31.8  |
| None  | Adrienne Pierce  | 5,053  | 20.1
Informal  | 43  | 0.2  |  0.0
Blank  | 465  | 1.9  |  0.9
Turnout  | 25,082  |  |

#### 2017

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A by-election was held on 24 November after Lawrence Yule resigned to run for Parliament as the MP for Tukituki.[55] Acting mayor and third-term councillor Sandra Hazlehurst was elected to the position, becoming the district's first female mayor.[56]

2017 Hastings mayoral by-election[57] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±

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| None | Sandra Hazlehurst | 10,154 | 46.0 |
| None  | Bayden Barber  | 5,252  | 23.8  |
| None  | Simon Nixon  | 2,977  | 13.48  |
| None  | Stuart Perry  | 2,662  | 12.06  |
| None  | Waitawhara Tupaea  | 661  | 3.0  |
| None  | Allister David Tosh  | 325  | 1.8
Informal  | 12  | 0.0  |  0.2
Blank  | 55  | 0.2  |  1.7
Turnout  | 22,078  |  |

#### 2019

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The 2019 mayoral election occurred on 12 October. Incumbent mayor Sandra Hazlehurst faced off against first-term district councillor Damon Harvey.[58]

2019 Hastings mayoral election[58] Affiliation  | Candidate  | Popular Vote  | %  | ±

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| Independent | Sandra Hazlehurst | 13,188 | 54.0 |  8.0
| Change Up Hastings  | Damon Harvey  | 10,120  | 41.4
Informal  | 10  | 0.0  |  0.0
Blank  | 1,105  | 4.5  |  4.3
Turnout  | 24,423  |  |
Registered  | 55,080  |  |

#### 2022

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Sandra Hazlehurst was elected unopposed.[59]

## Notes

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1. ^ Died May 1913[24]
2. ^ Resigned in 1922 due to poor health.[30]
3. ^ The 1931 elections were not held in Napier and Hastings due to the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

## References

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* From Swamp to City: A History of Hastings, New Zealand. Hastings: Heretaunga Intermediate School. 1961. pp. 103–106.

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