Mayor of Timaru

This is a list of mayors of Timaru, New Zealand, and includes the former Timaru Borough and the current Timaru District Council.

List of mayors of Timaru

There have been 39 mayors since the formation of the Timaru Borough Council in 1868.[1] The current mayor is Damon Odey, who was first elected in the 2013 local elections.[2]

Name Term Notes
1Samuel Hewlings1868–1870
2Henry Cain1870–1873
3George Cliff1873–1875
4James Sutter1875–1876
(3)George Cliff1876–1879second term
(4)James Sutter1879–1882second term
5John Jackson1882–1886
6Moss Jonas1886–1888
7David Mitchell Ross1888–1891[3]
8Andrew Sherratt1891–1893
9Jacob Hill1893–1896
10John James Grandi1896–1898
11James Stephen Keith1898–1899
12John Hole1899–1901
13Charles Macintosh1901–1902
14James Craigie, MLC1902–1912
15Tom Hawkey1912–1913
16William Angland1913–1914
17Edwin Rowland Guinness1914–1917
18James Maling1917–1919[4][5]
19William Chute Raymond1919–1921
20Frank Rolleston1921–1923
21George John Wallace1923–1929
(16)William Angland1929–1931second term
22Thomas W. Satterthwaite1931–1936
23Percy Vinnell1936–1938died 1938
24Percy Barnes Foote1938
25William Glenholme Tweedy1938–1942
26Alfred Ernest Stanley Hanan1942–1950
27William Leslie Richards1950–1953
28R. E. White1953–1959
29Muriel Ernesta Hilton (Mrs)1959–1962née Venn; MBE 1976[6]
30Charles Edward Thomson1962–1965
31Durham Robert Dowell1965–1971elected to Christchurch City Council in the 1971 local election[7]
32Sydney Raymond "Ray" Bennett1971MNZM 1996[8]
33Charles Russell Hervey1971–1977QSO 1982[9]
(32)Sydney Raymond "Ray" Bennett1977–1982second term
34Mrs Helene D.L. McIver1982–1986
35Dave Walker1986–1989
36Archibald Campbell "Archie" Houstoun1989–1992MBE 1992[10]
37Wynne Archdall Raymond1992–2004
38Jane Mary (Janie) Annear (Mrs)2004–2013ONZM 2014[11]
39Damon Odey2013–2019
40Nigel Bowen2019–present

References
  1. "Timaru". Rootsweb. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. Bailey, Emma (12 October 2013). "Damon Odey wins Timaru mayoralty". The Timaru Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. "Mayoral Elections". The Timaru Herald. XLVII (4395). 20 November 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  4. "Timaru". The Timaru Herald. CVI (16253). 26 April 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  5. "Timaru Items". The Press. LVIII (17446). 5 May 1922. p. 10. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  6. "No. 46921". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1976. p. 8056.
  7. "Christchurch City Council". The Press. 21 October 1971. p. 25.
  8. "The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1996". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 1996. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  9. "No. 48839". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1981. p. 40.
  10. "No. 52953". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1992. p. 30.
  11. "New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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