Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Hastings
Insignia:File:Hastings CoA (shield only).svg
Insigniasize:50px
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Hastings
Incumbent:Sandra Hazlehurst
Incumbentsince:24 November 2017
Style:His/Her Worship
Termlength:3 years, renewable
Formation:1886
Deputy:Tania Kerr
Salary:$160,955[1]
Website:Official website
Seat:Hastings
First:Robert Wellwood
Native Name:Te Koromatua o Heretaunga

The mayor of Hastings is the head of local government in the Hastings District of New Zealand's North Island. The mayor presides over the Hastings District Council. The mayor is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method. The first mayor was Robert Wellwood, and the current mayor is Sandra Hazlehurst, first elected in the 2017 by-election. She is the first woman to be elected to the office.

List of mayors

Affiliation! scope="col"
MayorPortraitPopular voteTerm
1IndependentRobert Wellwood(18361927)unopposed[2] 18861887
2IndependentGeorge Ellis(18371928)Appointed after Wellwood resigned.[3] 18871888
unopposed[4] 18881889
unopposed[5] 18891890
3IndependentWilliam Fletcher Burnett(18531893)131 (60.4%)[6] 18901891
Burnett committed suicide in 1893.[7]
(2)IndependentGeorge Ellis(18371928)148 (61.7%)[8] 18911892
unopposed[9] 18921893
unopposed[10] 18931894
4IndependentCecil Fitzroy(18441917)unopposed[11] 18941895
277 (76.1%)[12] 18961898
unopposed[13] 18981899
5IndependentWilliam Dennett(18451928)538 (67.4%)[14] 18991901
674 (58.4%)[15] 19011902
unopposed[16] 19021903
unopposed[17] 19031904
6IndependentWilliam Lane410 (50.4%)[18] 19041905
(5)IndependentWilliam Dennett(18451928)500 (44.7%)[19] 19051906
7IndependentThomas Thompson(18551938)595 (51.9%)[20] 19061907
659 (50.3%)[21] 19071909
8IndependentJohn Miller(18691940)736 (44.2%)[22] 19091911
9IndependentJames Garnett(18561913)1,256 (57.8%)[23] 19111913
unopposed[24] 1913
10IndependentWilliam Hart(18631939)Appointed after death of Garnett.[25] 19131915
1,295 (55.2%)[26] 19151917
11IndependentHorace Simson(18741954)1,415 (50.0%)[27] 19171919
12IndependentGeorge Ebbett(18721954)1,484 (52.2%)[28] 19191921
(10)IndependentWilliam Hart(18631939)unopposed[29] 19211922
13IndependentGeorge Maddison(18871949)Elected by council[30] 19221923
1,716 (81.9%)[31] 19231925
1,995 (75.4%)[32] 19251927
unopposed[33] 19271929
14IndependentGeorge Roach(18661934)1,110 (36.1%)[34] 19291933
Roach was selected as the United Party candidate for Hawkes Bay at the 1931 New Zealand general election, but later dropped out of the race and supported the Reform candidate Hugh Campbell.[35] He stood for the mayoralty again in 1933 but lost to Maddison.
(13)IndependentGeorge Maddison(18871949)4,258 (74.9%)[36] 19331935
unopposed[37] 19351938
3,279 (58.8%)[38] 19381941
Maddison stood as the National Party candidate for Hawkes Bay at the 1938 New Zealand general election[39] and was the son-in-law of Hasting's first mayor Robert Wellwood.[40] He was also chairman of the Hawke's Bay Education Board.[41]
15CitizensAlgernon Rainbow(18851969)3,459 (70.0%)[42] 19411944
3,780 (71.6%)[43] 19441947
16CitizensRobert Douglas Brown(19011963)4,024 (67.3%)[44] 19471950
unopposed[45] 19501953
17Ed Bate(19011999)19531956
4,578[46] 19561959
18Ron Giorgi(19071997)19591962
19621965
19651968
19681971
19711974
19Jim O'Connor(19362000)19741977
19771980
19801983
19831986
20IndependentJeremy Dwyer (19472005)3,486 (46.5%)[47] 19861989
19,677 (86.4%)[48] 19891992
19,550 (84.0%)[49] 19921995
unopposed[50] 19951998
17,684 (78.6%)[51] 19982001
Dwyer was deputy leader of Social Credit.
21IndependentLawrence Yule(1963)16,644 (72.4%)[52] 20012004
unopposed[53] 20042007
11,117 (53.6%)[54] 20072010
11,665 (52.6%)[55] 20102013
11,516 (49.7%)[56] 20132016
11,533 (46.0%)[57] 20162017
Yule went on to be a National MP.
22IndependentSandra Hazlehurst(1959)10,154 (46.0%)20172019
13,188 (54.0%)20192022
unopposed2022present
Hazlehurst is the city's first female mayor.

Elections

1886–1889

On 29 September 1986, Robert Wellwood was elected unopposed as the first mayor of Hastings. George Ellis was appointed on 21 December 1887 by the Borough Council after Wellwood resigned, and then went on to win unopposed in 1888 and 1889. Ellis was declared re-elected on 19 December 1888 and 18 December 1889, respectively.

1890

The 1890 mayoral election occurred on 26 November. William Fletcher Burnett defeated third-term incumbent mayor George Ellis.

Affiliation! Candidate! Popular Vote! %! ±
NoneWilliam Fletcher Burnett13160.4
NoneGeorge Ellis8438.7
Informal20.9
Turnout217

1891

The 1891 mayoral election occurred on 26 November. George Ellis defeated incumbent mayor William Fletcher Burnett.

Affiliation! Candidate! Popular Vote! %! ±
NoneGeorge Ellis14861.7

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. News: 30 November 1886. Hastings. . 3.
  3. News: 22 December 1887. Untitled. . 2.
  4. News: 19 December 1888. Town Edition. . 3.
  5. News: 19 December 1889. Untitled. . 3.
  6. News: 27 November 1890 . Hastings . . 3.
  7. News: 7 October 1893. Town Edition. . 4.
  8. News: 26 November 1891. Thursday, November 26 1891. . 2.
  9. News: 25 November 1892. The Mayoralty Elections. . 35.
  10. News: 23 November 1893. Borough of Hastings - Annual Election of Mayor. . 3.
  11. News: 20 November 1894. Borough of Hastings - Annual Election of Mayor. . 3.
  12. News: 26 November 1896. Mayoral Elections. . 3.
  13. News: 23 November 1898. Borough of Hastings - Annual Election of Mayor. . 3.
  14. News: 30 November 1899. Mayoral Election. . 3.
  15. News: 16 May 1901. Mayoral Election. . 2.
  16. News: 23 April 1902. The Mayoralty. . 2.
  17. News: 21 April 1903. Municipal Elections. . 2.
  18. News: 28 April 1904. Mayoral Elections. . 2.
  19. News: 27 April 1905. The Mayoral Election. . 3.
  20. News: 26 April 1906. The Mayoral Election. . 2.
  21. News: 25 April 1907 . Borough of Hastings - Annual Election of Mayor. . 3.
  22. News: 29 April 1909 . Municipal Elections. . 5.
  23. News: 27 April 1911 . Municipal Elections. . 5.
  24. News: 22 April 1913 . Local Bodies Elections. . 5.
  25. News: 19 May 1913 . Local and General. . 4.
  26. News: 29 April 1915 . Borough Elections. Hastings.. . 3.
  27. News: 26 April 1917 . Borough of Hastings. live . . 3.
  28. News: 3 May 1919 . Borough of Hastings - Biennial Election of Mayor. live . . 6.
  29. News: 21 April 1921 . Borough of Hastings - Biennial Election of Mayor. live . . 6.
  30. News: 22 December 1922 . Hastings Mayoralty. live . . 3.
  31. News: 30 April 1923 . Borough of Hastings - Biennial Election of Mayor. live . . 6.
  32. News: 1 May 1925 . Borough of Hastings - Biennial Election of Mayor. live . . 4.
  33. News: 14 April 1927 . Borough of Hastings - Biennial Election of Mayor - Result of Poll . live . . 4.
  34. News: 3 May 1929 . Public Notices - Borough of Hastings - Biennial Election of Mayor - Result of Poll . live . . 4.
  35. News: 17 November 1931 . Hawkes Bay Seats . live . . 10.
  36. News: 5 May 1933 . Public Notice - Borough of Hastings - Biennial Election of Mayor - Result of Poll . live . . 6.
  37. News: 27 April 1935 . Election Notices - Borough of Hastings - Triennial Election of Mayor. live . . 6.
  38. News: 12 May 1938 . Hastings. live . . 8.
  39. News: 14 October 1938 . News In Brief. live . . 22.
  40. News: 17 March 1938 . "Waikoko"Calm Water. live . . 5.
  41. News: 6 June 1935 . Happy Children. live . . 9.
  42. News: 19 May 1941 . In Other Towns. live . . 7.
  43. News: 29 May 1944 . In Other Towns. live . . 7.
  44. News: 20 November 1947 . City Mayors. live . . 3.
  45. News: 20 November 1950 . In The Provinces. live . . 6.
  46. Book: Boyd, Mary Beatrice . City of the Plains . Victoria University Press . 1984 . 9780864730220 . 388.
  47. News: 13 October 1986 . Mayoralty . Hawke's Bay Tribune.
  48. News: 16 October 1989 . 17,000 vote lead for Mr Dwyer . . 3.
  49. News: 12 October 1992 . 16,299-vote victory for Dwyer . . 3.
  50. News: 16 October 1995 . Local body election '95 . . 3.
  51. Web site: 10 October 1998. Elections . https://web.archive.org/web/19990203021641/http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/council/elections/elections.htm. 3 February 1999 . 28 November 2024 . Hastings District Council.
  52. Web site: 13 October 2001. Declaration of Result of 2001 Election. https://web.archive.org/web/20040805075507mp_/http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/Elections/2001elections.htm. 5 August 2004 . 28 November 2024 . Hastings District Council.
  53. Web site: 9 October 2004. 2004 Local Government Elections. https://web.archive.org/web/20041022041633mp_/http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/Elections/index.htm. 22 October 2004 . 28 November 2024 . Hastings District Council.
  54. Web site: 13 October 2007. 2007 Hastings District Council Elections Official Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015232757/http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/news/communitylink/2007/october/20.pdf . 15 October 2008 . 28 November 2024 . Hastings District Council.
  55. Web site: 9 October 2010 . 2010 Local Authority Elections Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20101110182154/http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/2010-local-authority-elections-results . 10 November 2010 . 28 November 2024 . Hastings District Council.
  56. Web site: 12 October 2013 . Hastings District Council 2013 triennial elections final result . https://web.archive.org/web/20170506013438/http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/hastings-district-council-2013-triennial-elections-progress-result . 6 May 2017 . 28 November 2024 . Hastings District Council.
  57. Web site: 8 October 2016 . Election results finalised . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111142853/http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/lawrence-yule-re-elected-mayor . 11 November 2016 . 28 November 2024 . Hastings District Council.

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