| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Southland District |
| Incumbent: | Rob Scott |
| Incumbentsince: | 2022 |
| Inaugural: | John Casey |
| Style: | His Worship |
| Termlength: | Three years, renewable |
| Formation: | 1989 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Deputy: | Christine Menzies[1] |
The mayor of Southland is the head of the municipal government of Southland District, New Zealand. The mayor is directly elected using the first-past-the-post electoral system. The current mayor is Rob Scott, who was elected in 2022.[2]
Southland District was established as part of the 1989 local government amalgamation.[3] Frana Cardno joined the Southland District as a councillor in 1989, before being elected mayor in 1992.[4] She retired from that role in October 2013 prior to that year's local elections, and was New Zealand's longest-serving female mayor ever.[5]
Southland District has had four mayors:
| Name | Portrait | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | John Casey | 1989–1992[6] | ||
| align=center | 2 | Frana Cardno | 1992–2013[7] | ||
| align=center | 3 | Gary Tong | 2013–2022 | ||
| align=center | 4 | Rob Scott | 2022–present |