Mayor of Gore explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Gore
Incumbent:Ben Bell
Incumbentsince:2022
Inaugural:Thomas Green
Style:His Worship
Termlength:Three years, renewable
Formation:1885
Website:Official website
Deputy:Keith Hovell[1]

The mayor of Gore officiates over the Gore District in New Zealand's South Island.[2] Prior to local government reorganisation in 1989, the mayor of Gore officiated over the Gore Borough.

The current mayor is Ben Bell.[3]

List of office holders

Gore Borough

NamePortraitTerm of officeNotes
align=center 1Thomas Green1885–1886[4]
align=center 2John MacGibbon1886–1887
align=center 3Ian S. Simson1887–1888[5]
align=center 4James Beattie1888–1889
align=center (3)Ian S. Simson1889–1890
align=center 5Alfred Dolamore1890[6]
align=center (2)John MacGibbon1890–1892
align=center (3)Ian S. Simson1892–1893
align=center 6William Macara1893–1894
align=center 7Thomas Brewer1894–1895
align=center 8Dugald Poppelwell1895–1896
align=center (4)James Beattie1896–1897
align=center 9James Copland1897–1898
align=center 10Duncan McFarlane1898–1899[7]
align=center 11John Ballantine1899–1901
align=center 12Archibald MacGibbon1901–1902[8]
align=center (10)Duncan McFarlane1902–1903
align=center (4)James Beattie1903–1904
align=center (8)Dugald Poppelwell1904–1906
align=center (12)Archibald MacGibbon1906–1910
align=center (8)Dugald Poppelwell1910–1913
align=center 13David McDougall1913–1914
align=center (10)Duncan McFarlane1914–1915
align=center (13)David McDougall1915–1919
align=center 14Andrew Martin1919–1921
align=center (13)David McDougall1921–1923
align=center (8)Dugald Poppelwell1923–1927
align=center (13)David McDougall1927–1929
align=center (8)Dugald Poppelwell1929–1931
align=center 15Alexander Newman1931–1956
align=center 16Wilson C. Campbell1956–1959[9]
align=center 17W. G. Mackay1959–[10]
align=center Hans Charles Hankey
align=center J. C. Barron?–1965
align=center J. C. McLeod1965–?[11]
Ivan Elder–1980[12] [13]
align=center Hallam Smith1980–1986[14]
align=center Gabriel Farry1986–1989[15]

Gore District

NamePortraitTerm of office
align=center 1Ian Tulloch1989–1995[16]
align=center 2Mary Ogg1995–2001[17]
align=center 3Owen O'Connor2001–2004[18]
align=center 4Tracy Hicks2004–2022[19]
align=center 5Ben Bell2022–present

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elected Representatives . www.goredc.govt.nz . . 20 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Your Council . goredc.govt.nz . Gore District Council.
  3. News: Gore elects youngest mayor in NZ history . 13 October 2022 . Otago Daily Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20221013192354/https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southland/gore-elects-youngest-mayor-nz-history. 13 October 2022. live.
  4. News: Eastern Southland: municipality of Gore . 6 July 1935 . . 22616 . 19 . 13 October 2022.
  5. Web site: OBITUARY . 7 March 1924 . New Zealand Times . Papers Past.
  6. Web site: AN EX-MAYOR . 22 November 1910 . Mataura Ensign . Papers Past.
  7. Web site: OBITUARY. . 4 October 1917 . The Press . Papers Past.
  8. Web site: OBITUARY . 25 October 1935 . Otago Daily Times . Papers Past.
  9. News: Mayoral polls . 19 November 1956 . . 94 . 28129 . 13 . 13 October 2022.
  10. Web site: SURVEY OF LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS IN N.Z. . 19 November 1959 . The Press . Papers Past.
  11. News: Two metropolitan mayors defeated . 11 October 1965 . . 104 . 30878 . 1 . 13 October 2022.
  12. Web site: Flood-relief fund expected to reach $1M with subsidy . 26 October 1978 . The Press . Papers Past.
  13. Web site: Gore woman 'wears out' at 98 . 23 March 2009 . The Southland Times . Stuff . Sonia . Gerken.
  14. News: Gore library legacy to Hallam Lloyd Smith . Southland Times . 13 January 1998 . 3.
  15. "Fallow, M., Gore community leader, businessman, Gabriel Farry dies," Southland Times, 7 March 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  16. News: Ian 'Inky' Tulloch transferred to Christchurch hospital after Invercargill race crash . 22 March 2016 . Stuff.co.nz . 8 April 2021.
  17. News: Poole broke down the door . 18 May 2012 . Lloyd . Esler . Southland Times . 8 April 2021.
  18. Web site: Mayoral election results 2004 affecting the Mayors Taskforce For Jobs . Mayors Taskforce for Jobs . 8 April 2021.
  19. News: Longstanding Gore mayor ousted by 23yo with 8-vote lead . 18 October 2022 . . 13 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221014072121/https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018862554/longstanding-gore-mayor-ousted-by-23yo-with-8-vote-lead . 14 October 2022. live.

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