Mayor of Lower Hutt explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Lower Hutt
Insignia:File:Lower Hutt COA.jpg
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Lower Hutt
Incumbent:Campbell Barry
Incumbentsince:2019
Inaugural:William Fitzherbert
Style:His Worship
Termlength:Three years, renewable
Formation:1891
Salary:$158,000[1]
Website:Official website
Deputy:Tui Lewis
Member Of:Hutt City Council

The city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, was first proclaimed a borough on 1 February 1891. Prior to this it had been part of Hutt County, initially as a Roads Board and from 1881 as a Town Board.

Since 2019, the mayor has been Campbell Barry.[2]

History

The Hutt County Council was established in 1877, covering the region from Wellington's south coast up to Waikanae, excluding Wellington City. The county council was headed by a chairman rather than a mayor. As the region grew, urban parts of the Hutt County became autonomous boroughs with Lower Hutt becoming its own borough in 1891 with a borough council headed by a mayor to be directly elected by ratepayers. William Fitzherbert was elected unopposed with six borough councillors also being elected. From the 1920s on population grew quickly and in 1941 Lower Hutt became a city after reaching the required population of 20,000 for city status. As a result of the 1989 local government reforms Lower Hutt City amalgamated several of the neighbouring authorities including the Petone Borough Council, Eastbourne Borough Council and Hutt County Council (centred on Wainuiomata) as well as land on the waterfront formerly in the possession of the Wellington Harbour Board. The sitting mayor of Lower Hutt City was elected as mayor of the expanded Hutt City Council in 1989, however retaining the title mayor of Lower Hutt despite the "Lower" being dropped from the name of the council.[3]

The longest-serving mayor was Percy Dowse who held office for twenty years, from 1950 to 1970.[4]

List of mayors

Mayors of Lower Hutt have been:

Key
NamePortraitTerm of office
1William Fitzherbert1 February 189118 November 1898
2Walter George Foster18 November 18985 March 1900
3Edmund Percy Bunny5 March 190024 April 1901
4Orton Stevens24 April 190126 April 1905
5Thomas William McDonald26 April 19051 May 1907
6Thomas Peterkin1 May 19076 May 1909
(3)Edmund Percy Bunny6 May 19097 May 1914
7Henry Baldwin7 May 19148 April 1918
8Percy Rishworth27 April 191821 December 1921
9Will Strand21 December 192116 May 1929
10Sir Alex Roberts16 May 192913 May 1931
(9)Will Strand13 May 193110 May 1933
11Jack Andrews10 May 19339 June 1947
12Ernst Peterson Hay9 June 194720 January 1949
13William Gregory14 March 194918 November 1950
14Percy Dowse18 November 19509 December 1970
15Sir John Kennedy-Good21 December 197024 October 1986
16Glen Evans24 October 198631 October 1995
17John Terris31 October 199510 October 2004
18David Ogden10 October 20049 October 2010
19Ray Wallace9 October 201012 October 2019
20Campbell Barry12 October 2019present

List of deputy mayors

Key
Name Term of officeMayor
William Henry Russell19081909Peterkin
Vacant
Henry Baldwin19101911Bunny
Vacant
John BrassellBaldwin
Vacant
Archibald John Hobbs19251931Strand
Roberts
John Mitchell19311944Andrews
Ernst Peterson Hay19441947
William Gregory19471949Hay
Eric Rothwell19491950Gregory
Harry Horlor19501956Dowse
James McDonald19561959
George Barker19591962
Chen Werry19621968
height=5 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"Dave Hadley19681971
height=5 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"Kennedy-Good
John Seddon19711974
Chen Werry19741977
Ernie Barry19771980
Mollie Ngan Kee19801983
height=5 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"Teri Puketapu19831989
height=5 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"Evans
Betty van Gaalen19891995
Joan Monrad19951998Terris
Pat Brosnan19982001
Ray Wallace20012004
Roger Styles20042010Ogden
David Bassett20102019Wallace
Tui Lewis2019presentBarry

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Piers . Fuller . Are our mayors earning their pay rises? . . 10 November 2019 . 24 March 2023 .
  2. Web site: Long, Jessica . Tso, Matthew . Lower Hutt elects New Zealand's youngest ever mayor, Campbell Barry . . 13 October 2019 . 13 October 2019 .
  3. News: Audrey . Ewan . Michael . Elphick . Lower Hutt embraces Evans-led team . . 16 October 1989 . 5 .
  4. News: Mr Percy Dowse, Lower Hutt's Mayor for 20 Years, Dies in Hospital at 72 . . 9 December 1970 . 6 .

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