Mayor of Whangārei explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Whangārei
Incumbent:Vince Cocurullo
Style:His/Her Worship
Termlength:3 years, renewable
Formation:27 October 1896
Salary:$163,689[1]
Website:Official website
Deputy:Phil Halse
Seat:Whangārei
First:James Miller Killen

The Mayor of Whangārei is the directly elected head of the Whangarei District Council, the local government authority for the Whangarei District in New Zealand, which it controls as a territorial authority. The position has existed since 27 October 1896, when the Whangarei Borough Council was constituted. Later the mayor presided over Whangarei City Council. The position has existed in its present form since 1 November 1989, following the amalgamation of Whangarei County Council, Whangarei City Council and Hikurangi Town Board.[2] The mayor is supported by a deputy mayor.[3]

The mayor has significant executive powers, their own staff and the ability to appoint the chairpersons of the council's committees.[4] [5]

List of mayors

The following table is a complete list of the mayors of Whangarei since the formation of Whangarei Borough in 1896.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

NamePortraitTerm of office
align=center 1 James Miller Killen 1896–1899
align=center 2 William Corns 1899–1901
align=center (1) James Miller Killen 1901–1902
align=center (2) William Corns 1902–1904
align=center (1) James Miller Killen 1904–1905
align=center 3 Harry Weaver 1905–1908
align=center 4 Thomas McClintock 1908–1910
align=center 5 Thomas Herbert Steadman 1910–1914
align=center 6 Donald William Jack 1914–1917
align=center 7 John Samuel Dent 1917–1921
align=center 8 Donald Alexander McLean 1921–1925
align=center 9 James Edmund Holmes 1925–1927
align=center 10 Leonard James Brake 1927–1929
align=center 11 1929–1953
align=center 12 Horace William James 1953–1954
align=center 13 Les McKinnon 1954–1956
align=center 14 Frank Johnson 1956–1968
align=center 15 Ken Haslett 1968–1977
align=center 16 Ted Elliott 1977–1983
align=center 17 Joyce Ryan 1983–1989
align=center 18 Stan Semenoff 1989–1998
align=center 19 Craig Brown 1998–2004
align=center 20 Pamela Peters 2004–2007
align=center (18) Stan Semenoff 2007–2010
align=center 21 Morris Cutforth 2010–2013
align=center 22 Sheryl Mai 2013–2022
align=center 22 Vince Cocurullo 2022–present

Deputy mayor

The deputy mayor is the second highest elected official in the Whangarei District Council. The deputy mayor acts in support of the Mayor of Whangarei. It is the second highest elected position in the council. However, like the position of Deputy Prime Minister, this seniority does not necessarily translate into power. They are appointed by the mayor from the elected ward councillors.[5] The current deputy mayor is Greg Innes, who currently represents the Whangarei Heads Ward ward on the Whangarei District Council. Innes was announced as deputy mayor in October 2019, and assumed office upon the swearing in of the new council.[13]

Beyond committees of the whole council, the deputy mayor is an ex-officio member of the following Whangarei District Council committees:[14]

The deputy mayor may be appointed to additional committees that the mayor wishes to appoint them to. The following table lists the deputy mayors since the local government reforms of 1989.

MayorDeputy mayorTerm of office
Stan Semenoff
Craig Brown
Pamela Peters Phil Halse 2004–2007
Stan Semenoff Kahu Sutherland 2007–2010
Morris Cutforth Phil Halse 2010–2013
Sheryl Mai Sharon Morgan[15] 2013–2019
Greg Innes[16] 2019–present

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmunds . Susan . 13 June 2024 . How much your local council gets paid . 28 June 2024 . Radio New Zealand.
  2. Web site: Local government amalgamation . parliament.nz . New Zealand Parliament . 17 July 2018 . en.
  3. Web site: Councillors . www.wdc.govt.nz . Whangarei District Council.
  4. Web site: Councillors and Mayors . www.localcouncils.govt.nz . 27 August 2018 . en.
  5. Web site: Role of the Mayor . www.wdc.govt.nz . Whangarei District Council . 17 July 2018 . en-nz.
  6. News: Fifty years progress . 11 January 1928 . The Sun . 1 . 249 . 11 . 22 May 2021.
  7. News: Mayors' services . 1 November 1950 . Otago Daily Times . 27535 . 4 . 22 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Jones, William . New Zealand Card Index . Auckland Council . 22 May 2021.
  9. Web site: James, Horace William . New Zealand Card Index . Auckland Council . 22 May 2021.
  10. Web site: Johnson, John Frank . New Zealand Card Index . Auckland Council . 22 May 2021.
  11. News: Piece of city's civic history found . Mike . Barrington . 24 August 2012 . Northern Advocate . 22 May 2021.
  12. News: Whangarei mayors over the last 50 years . December 2014 . Whangarei City 50 years . Northern Advocate . 3 . 22 May 2021.
  13. Web site: Whangarei Deputy Mayor and Committee Chairs Appointed Scoop News . www.scoop.co.nz . 9 Nov 2019.
  14. Web site: Council Committees . wdc.govt.nz . Whangarei District Council . 17 July 2018 . en-nz.
  15. News: Whangarei Mayor cements stable leadership with deputy mayor re-appointment . 19 October 2016 . Scoop Regional . 22 May 2021.
  16. News: Greg Innes named new deputy mayor of Whangārei; committee chairs appointed . 25 October 2019 . Imran . Ali . Northern Advocate . 22 May 2021.