| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Carterton |
| Incumbent: | Ron Mark |
| Incumbentsince: | 2022 |
| Inaugural: | Richard Fairbrother |
| Style: | His/Her Worship |
| Termlength: | Three years |
| Formation: | 1887 |
| Website: | Official website |
The Mayor of Carterton is the mayor of the Carterton District, which is administered by Carterton District Council, and earlier the office oversaw the Carterton Borough from 1887 until 1989, when Carterton Borough and Wairarapa South County were amalgamated to form Carterton District.
The current Mayor of Carterton is Ron Mark who was elected in 2022,[1] he has previously held the office from 2010 until 2014, when he was elected as a New Zealand First MP.
Georgina Beyer, New Zealand's first transgender mayor, held the office from 1995 to 1999.
| Name | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Fairbrother | 1887–1891 | |
| 2 | Alfred Booth | 1891–1892 | |
| 3 | George Deller | 1892–1901 | |
| 4 | James Baillie | 1901–1904 | |
| 5 | George Augustus Fairbrother | 1904–1905 | |
| 6 | James Brown | 1905–1907 | |
| 7 | William 'Willie' Moore | 1907–1909 | |
| 8 | Adam Armstrong | 1909–1910 | |
| 9 | J. A. Dudson | 1910–1911 | |
| 10 | Frank Feist | 1911–1914 | |
| 11 | M. D. Hornsby | 1914–1915 | |
| 12 | J. T. Marryat Hornsby | 1916–1917 | |
| 13 | Gordon Hughan | 1917–1919 | |
| 14 | William Howard Booth | 1919–1923 | |
| 15 | William Fisher | 1923–1936 | |
| 16 | D. L. Taverner | 1936–1947 | |
| 17 | Ron Wakelin | 1947–1971 | |
| 18 | W. P. Chisholm | 1971–1984 | |
| 19 | Barry Keys | 1984–1995 | |
| 20 | Georgina Beyer[2] | 1995–2000 | |
| – | Brian Cameron (acting) | ||
| 21 | Martin Tankersley | 2000–2004 | |
| 22 | Gary McPhee[3] [4] | 2004–2010 | |
| 23 | Ron Mark[5] | 2010–2014 | |
| 24 | John Booth[6] | 2014–2019 | |
| 25 | Greg Lang | 2019–2022 | |
| (23) | Ron Mark | 2022–present |