Mayor of Invercargill
Coat of arms of Invercargill
Incumbent
Nobby Clark
since 2022
StyleHis/Her Worship
AppointerElected
Term lengthThree years, renewable
Inaugural holderWilliam Wood
Formation1871
DeputyTom Campbell
Websiteicc.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

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

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]

List of mayors of Invercargill

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

Name Term of office Mayor
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

Nobby Clark (politician)David Harrington (mayor)Tim ShadboltEve PooleRussell Miller (mayor)Neil Watson (politician)Adam AdamsonBrian HewatWilliam AitchisonAbraham WachnerRalph HananJohn Miller (New Zealand politician)John LillicrapWilliam OttCharles Stephen LonguetJohn Stead (mayor)Josiah HananWilliam Benjamin ScandrettDuncan McFarlaneJames Walker BainThomas Fleming (flourmiller)Joseph HatchJohn Cuthbertson (politician)John Walker MitchellGeorge LumsdenWilliam Wood (New Zealand politician)

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