Mayor of Invercargill

Head of Invercargill City Council in New Zealand

Mayor of Invercargill

Coat of arms of Invercargill

Incumbent
Nobby Clark

since 2022

Style| His/Her Worship
Appointer| Elected
Term length| Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder| William Wood
Formation| 1871
Deputy| Tom Campbell
Website| icc.govt.nz/your-council/

The Mayor of Invercargill is the head of the municipal government of Invercargill, New Zealand, and leads the Invercargill City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system every three years. The current mayor is Nobby Clark. Invercargill also has a deputy mayor that is chosen from the council. There have been 44 mayors so far.

## History

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Invercargill was first proclaimed a municipality on 28 June 1871. On 26 August of that year, the first mayoral elections were held, and William Wood was elected as first mayor, defeating J.W. Mitchell by 191 to 140 votes. Unlike other municipalities, the mayor has always been elected "at large" (i.e., by the public), rather than (as for example in Christchurch) the councillors choosing one of their group.[1][2]

Originally, mayoral elections were held on an annual basis. From 1915, mayors were elected for a two-year term; and, as of 1935, the mayoral term was extended to three years.[3] There is an election in 2022.

When David Roche resigned the mayoralty in 1887, council appointed Aaron Blacke as mayor until an extraordinary election could be held. This was not done in strict accordance with the law,[4] and Blacke is not included in official lists of Mayors of Invercargill.

Greater Invercargill was created on 10 January 1910 during Charles Steven Longuet's reign.[5] Longuet was succeeded by William Ott, who was twice elected unopposed[6][7] and did not seek re-election in 1912.[8]

Invercargill was proclaimed a city on 1 March 1930 during John D. Campbell's mayoralty.[5]

There has been one female mayor so far – Eve Poole.[5] A library building is named after Poole.[9] She died in office in 1992. Tim Shadbolt ran in the resulting by-election and was elected.[10][11] Shadbolt's 2010 election win was his 8th mayoral term and this made him longest-serving mayor in New Zealand (6 terms served in Invercargill).[12]

### Members of Parliament

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Seven former mayors have also been Members of Parliament, and all of them represented the Invercargill electorate (the years in brackets give their term in Parliament):[13]

* William Wood (1866–1870)
* John Cuthbertson (1873–1875)
* George Lumsden (1875–1878)
* James Walker Bain (1879–1881)
* Joseph Hatch (1884–1887)
* Josiah Hanan (1899–1925)
* Ralph Hanan (1946–1969)

## List of mayors of Invercargill

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Invercargill has had 44 mayors so far:[5][14][15]

| Name  | Term  | Elections  | Image

|
|
|
|

1  | William Wood | 1871–1873  | 1871 • 1872  |
2  | George Lumsden | 1873–1874  | 1873  |
3  | Thomas Pratt | 1874–1875  | 1874 |
4  | John Walker Mitchell | 1875–1876  | 1875  |
5  | John Cuthbertson | 1876–1877  | 1876 |
6  | Joseph Hatch | 1877–1878  | 1877 |
(2)  | George Lumsden, 2nd period  | 1878–1879  | 1878 |
7  | George Goodwillie | 1879–1880  | 1879 |
8  | Nicholas Johnson | 1880–1881  | 1880 |
9  | Henry Jaggers | 1881–1882  | 1881  |
10  | John Kingsland | 1882–1883  | 1882 |
11  | William Sherriffs Moir | 1883–1884  | 1883 |
12  | George Froggatt | 1884–1885  | 1884 |
13  | John Lyon McDonald | 1885–1886  | 1885 |
14  | David Roche | 1886–1887  | 1886 |
–  | Aaron Blacke[note 1] | 1887  |  |
15  | Edwin Alfred Tapper | 1887–1888  | 1887 by-election
1887 |
16  | Thomas Fleming | 1888–1889  | 1888  |
(4)  | John Walker Mitchell, 2nd period  | 1889–1890  | 1889 |
17  | William Horatio Hall | 1890–1891  | 1890 |
18  | James Walker Bain | 1891–1892  | 1891  |
19  | Duncan McFarlane | 1892–1893  | 1892 |
20  | Andrew Raeside | 1893–1894  | 1893 |
21  | William Benjamin Scandrett[16] | 1894–1895  | 1894 |
22  | John Sinclair | 1895–1896  | 1895 |
23  | Josiah Hanan | 1896–1897  | 1896 |
24  | Hugh Mair[17] | 1897–1898  | 1897  |
25  | John Stead | 1898–1899  | 1898 |
26  | James Smith Goldie | 1899–1901  | 1899 |
27  | Charles Stephen Longuet | 1901–1903[18] | 1901 • 1902  |
(12)  | George Froggatt, 2nd period  | 1903–1904[19] | 1903 |
(21)  | William Benjamin Scandrett, 2nd period  | 1904–1909  | 1904 • 1905 • 1906
1907 • 1908 |
(27)  | Charles Steven Longuet, 2nd period  | 1909–1910  | 1909 |
28  | William Ott | 1910–1912  | 1910 • 1911  |
(21)  | William Benjamin Scandrett, 3rd period  | 1912–1913  | 1912 |
(19)  | Duncan McFarlane, 2nd period  | 1913–1917  | 1913 • 1914 • 1915 |
(25)  | John Stead, 2nd period  | 1917–1921  | 1917 • 1919 |
29  | John F. Lillicrap | 1921–1923  | 1921 |
30  | Andrew Bain[20] | 1923–1927  | 1923 • 1925  |
31  | John Miller | 1927–1929  | 1927 |
32  | John D. Campbell | 1929–1931  | 1929 |
(31)  | John Miller, 2nd period  | 1931–1938  | 1931 • 1933
1935 • 1938 |
33  | J. Ralph Hanan | 1938–1941  | 1938 by-election |
34  | John Robert Martin | 1941–1942  | 1941  |
35  | Abraham Wachner | 1942–1950  | 1942 by-election
1944 • 1947 |
36  | William Aitchison | 1950  |  |
37  | Brian Hewat | 1950–1953  | 1950  |
38  | Adam Adamson[21] | 1953–1962  | 1953 • 1956 • 1959  |
39  | Neil Watson | 1962–1971  | 1962 • 1965 • 1968 |
40  | F. Russell Miller | 1971–1983  | 1971 • 1974
1977 • 1980 |
41  | Eve Poole | 1983–1992  | 1983 • 1986
1989 • 1992 |
42  | Tim Shadbolt | 1993–1995  | 1993 by-election |
43  | David Harrington | 1995–1998  | 1995 |
(42)  | Tim Shadbolt, 2nd period  | 1998–2022  | 1998 • 2001 • 2004
2007 • 2010 • 2013
2016 • 2019 |
44  | Nobby Clark | 2022–present  | 2022 |

1. ^ Note that Blacke is not included in official lists of Mayors of Invercargill.

### List of deputy mayors of Invercargill

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Name  | Term of office  | Mayor

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|

William Benjamin Scandrett | 1902[22] | Longuet
William Benjamin Scandrett  | 1911[23] | Ott
John Stead | 1915–1916[24][25] | McFarlane
William Ott | 1918–1919[26][27] | Stead
John Matheson  | 1919[28]
John Lillicrap | 1919–1920[29][30]
Thomas Daniel Lennie  | 1922–1923[31] | Lillicrap
Alexander Glass  | 1924[32] | Bain
Gordon Reed  | 1935–1938[33][34] | J. Miller
Ralph Hanan | 1938[35]
John Robert Martin  | 1940–1941[36] | Hanan
Abraham Wachner | 1941–1942[35] | Martin
William Aitchison | 1944–1950[35] | Wachner
Neil Watson | 1953–1962[35] | Adamson
Clive Faul  | 1962–1965[37] | Watson
F. Russell Miller | 1965–1971[35]
Norman Jones | 1971–1974  | F. R. Miller
Eve Poole | 1974–1980[38]
Michael Deaker  | 1980–1983[39]
Jim Fenton  | 1983–1986[40] | Poole
Mark Winter | 1986–1989[40]
Bruce Pagan  | 1989–1992[40]
Dougal Soper  | 1992–1995[40][41]
Shadbolt
Mark Winter  | 1995–1998[42] | Harrington
Neil Boniface  | 1998–2010[43] | Shadbolt
Jackie Kruger  | 2010–2012[44]
Darren Ludlow  | 2012–2017[45]
Rebecca Amundsen  | 2017–2019[46]
Toni Biddle  | 2019–2020[47][48]
Nobby Clark | 2020–2022[49]
Tom Campbell  | 2022–present[50] | Clark

## Timeline

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## References

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4. ^ Watt 1971, p. 143.
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6. ^ "In other centres". The Press. Vol. LXVI, no. 13713\. 21 April 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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16. ^ "Obituary". The Evening Post. Vol. xciv, no. 73\. 24 September 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
17. ^ Shaw, Peter (22 June 2007). "Mair, John Thomas 1876–1959". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
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33. ^ "PARTY PROSPECTS". The Evening Star. 22 November 1935.
34. ^ "Auckland Star, 21 January 1938". 21 January 1938.
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41. ^ "Scottish rugby invasion will leave legacy in city". The Southland Times. 24 September 2011.
42. ^ "Mayor joins fight to save school". The Southland Times. 13 March 2013.
43. ^ "Former Invercargill deputy mayor calls out council for lack of transparency". Stuff. 8 May 2017.
44. ^ "Kruger likely to be deputy, Ludlow out". Stuff. 29 October 2010.
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46. ^ "A new deputy mayor for Invercargill emerges". Stuff. 25 May 2017.
47. ^ "Toni Biddle appointed as Invercargill deputy mayor". 21 October 2019.
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50. ^ "Nobby appoints Invercargill deputy mayor". Otago Daily Times. 14 October 2022.

### Sources

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* Cyclopedia Company Limited (1905). The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Otago & Southland Provincial Districts. Christchurch. Retrieved 18 October 2010.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Watt, John Oman Percival (1971). Centenary of Invercargill Municipality 1871–1971. Invercargill: Times Printing Service.

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* William Wood
* George Lumsden
* Thomas Pratt
* John Walker Mitchell
* John Cuthbertson
* Joseph Hatch
* George Lumsden (2nd)
* George Goodwillie
* Nicholas Johnson
* Henry Jaggers
* John Kingsland
* William Sherriffs Moir
* George Froggatt
* John Lyon McDonald
* David Roche
* Edwin Alfred Tapper
* Thomas Fleming
* John Walker Mitchell (2nd)
* William Horatio Hall
* James Walker Bain
* Duncan McFarlane
* Andrew Raeside
* William Benjamin Scandrett
* John Sinclair
* Josiah Hanan
* Hugh Mair
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* Charles Stephen Longuet
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