Mayor of New Plymouth facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mayor of New Plymouth |
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Incumbent
Neil Holdom since 2016 |
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| Style | His/Her Worship |
| Term length | Three years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Arthur Standish |
| Formation | 1876 |
| Deputy | David Bublitz |
| Salary | $160,757 |
| Website | Official website: https://www.npdc.govt.nz/council/about-the-council/council-people/mayor-and-councillors/ |
The Mayor of New Plymouth officiates over the New Plymouth District Council. Since the 2022 local elections, the mayor is elected directly using the single transferable vote electoral system; prior to that, first-past-the-post voting was used. The current mayor is Neil Holdom.
List of office holders
New Plymouth has had 26 mayors:
| Name | Term | |
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| 1 | Arthur Standish | 1876–1878 |
| 2 | Albert Cracroft Fookes | 1878–1879 |
| 3 | James Davidson | 1879–1881 |
| 4 | William Bayly | 1881–1884 |
| 5 | James Paul | 1884–1886 |
| (4) | William Bayly | 1886–1888 |
| 6 | John Barton Roy | 1888–1889 |
| 7 | James Bellringer | 1889–1893 |
| (6) | John Barton Roy | 1893–1897 |
| 8 | Edward Dockrill | 1897–1903 |
| 9 | Richard Cock | 1903–1906 |
| (8) | Edward Dockrill | 1906–1908 |
| 10 | Gustave Tisch | 1908–1911 |
| 11 | George William Browne | 1911–1914 |
| 12 | J. E. Wilson | 1914–1915 |
| 13 | Charles Hayward Burgess | 1915–1919 |
| 14 | James Clarke | 1919–1920 |
| 15 | Frank Edwin Wilson | 1920–1927 |
| 16 | Victor Griffiths | 1927–1933 |
| 17 | Everard Gilmour | 1933–1953 |
| 18 | Edward Hill | 1953–1956 |
| 19 | Alfred Honnor | 1956–1968 |
| 20 | Denis Sutherland | 1968–1980 |
| 21 | David Lean | 1980–1992 |
| 22 | Claire Stewart | 1992–2001 |
| 23 | Peter Tennent | 2001–2010 |
| 24 | Harry Duynhoven | 2010–2013 |
| 25 | Andrew Judd | 2013–2016 |
| 26 | Neil Holdom | 2016–present |
List of deputy mayors
| Name | Term | Mayor |
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| George Fry | 1951–1953 | Gilmour |
| Alfred Honnor | 1953–1956 | Hill |
| William Dean | 1956–1965 | Honnor |
| Royden Burkitt | 1965–1968 | |
| Edmund Allen | 1968–1974 | Sutherland |
| Royden Burkitt | 1974–1980 | |
| Ron Barclay | 1980–1989 | Lean |
| Thomas Watson | 1989–1992 | |
| Thomas Beeby | 1992–1994 | Stewart |
| W David Wilkinson | 1994–1995 | |
| Brian Bellringer | 1995–1998 | |
| Peter Tennent | 1998–2001 | |
| Lynn Bublitz | 2001–2007 | Tennent |
| Alex Matheson | 2007–2013 | |
| Duynhoven | ||
| Heather Dodunski | 2013–2016 | Judd |
| Craig McFarlane | 2016–2017 | Holdom |
| Richard Jordan | 2017–2022 | |
| David Bublitz | 2022–present |
Deaths in office
James Clarke died in New Zealand's second fatal air crash while in office; when the three occupants of the plane he was in were killed on 11 November 1920. Clarke had foreshadowed that he intended to resign from the mayoralty that evening.
Gustave Tisch also died while in office as the result of an illness.
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