Mayor of Nelson, New Zealand
Mayor of Nelson | |
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![]() Coat of arms of the City of Nelson | |
Style | His/Her Worship |
Seat | Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson |
Term length | Three years |
Inaugural holder | Joseph Dodson |
Formation | 1874 |
Deputy | Paul Matheson |
The Mayor of Nelson is the head of the municipal government of Nelson, New Zealand, and presides over the Nelson City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system. The current mayor is Rachel Reese, who was elected in October 2013.
History[]
1874–1899[]
Joseph Dodson was elected as the first Mayor of Nelson on 1 May 1874[1] by the City Councillors under the Municipal Corporations Act 1867. He was unanimously elected to the position. Dodson was a former member of the Nelson Board of Works. Councillor Fell noted that Dodson had taken great interest in the welfare of Nelson and was an upright gentleman with integrity.
The new council came into immediate conflict with the provincial government over finances. Nelson went bankrupt, the mayor resigned on 8 January 1875, and so did most of the councillors.[2][3] A special meeting of the remaining Councillors was held on 12 January 1875 to appoint a new mayor but no one was forthcoming. A public meeting was held on the Friday to determine the wishes of the ratepayers.[4]
Despite the meeting it was not until 26 February 1875 that a new mayor, Joseph Levien was appointed.[5] Levien is credited with having set systems in place and employed capable staff that the financial crisis was able to be overcome.[2][3] Levien died after only a short time in office on 7 June 1876.
Edward Everett was the third mayor. He was elected unopposed on 16 June 1876[6] and resigned on 1 September 1877 in order to travel to England. William Reid Waters was appointed by the councillors to fill the vacancy left by Everett. Waters was mayor until 19 December 1877 when Joseph Dodson was elected for a second time in his place.[3]
When Dodson retired on 22 November 1881 Everett was elected mayor for a second term. Everett was mayor until 1882.[3]
Charles Fell was mayor for five years until 1887. His second wife was a daughter of the Arthur Atkinson. Fell was a painter.[3][7]
John Sharp succeeded Fell. Sharp had previously represented the City of Nelson electorate in Parliament.[3][8]
Francis Trask was mayor for nine years (1890–1899). During his tenure, Rocks Road (now part of State Highway 6) was built along the coast, and Queens Gardens were established.[2]
1899–1999[]
Trask was succeeded by Joseph Auty Harley, who was installed on 20 December 1899.[9] Harley was succeeded by Henry Baigent, who was mayor in 1901–1904 and again in 1905–1906.[10]
Jesse Piper was mayor in 1904–1905. He lost the mayoralty in 1905 to Baigent,[10] but succeeded again in 1906[11] over the candidate put forward by Baigent.[12] In the 1910 election Piper stood against Thomas Pettit and lost by 768 votes to 969.[13]
Thomas Field was mayor from 1911 to 1913.[2] From the following year, he was MP for Nelson for one term.[14]
William Lock replaced Thomas Field as mayor after a fairly terse campaign against William Snodgrass in 1913. The following year he won again with only a 5-vote majority, but lost in 1915 to Charles Harley. Harley did not stand in 1917 and Snodgrass was elected.
Lock had continued to campaign for the mayoralty and was re-elected in 1921, ousting Snodgrass. Lock remained mayor until 1927 when Walter Moffatt came to power. Moffat retired in 1935 due to ill health and George Page was elected in his place. In the early 1940s Page suffered from a prolonged period of ill health and was replaced by Edgar Neale, the Deputy Mayor, in 1941.
Edgar Neale was mayor from 1941 to 1947. He resigned after he became the Member of Parliament for Nelson.[15]
Joseph Auty Harley was mayor from 1947 to 1956.[16] He was succeeded by Stanley Russell. Russell was mayor from 1956 to 1962.
1999 to present[]
Aldo Miccio won the 2010 mayoralty, with the incumbent getting third place.[17]
List of mayors[]
The list below shows all mayors of Nelson since the first Nelson City Council meeting in April 1874.[18]
Name | Portrait | Term | Notes | |
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1 | Joseph Dodson | ![]() |
1874–1875 | [19] |
2 | Joseph Levien | ![]() |
1875–1876 | [20] |
3 | Edward Everett | 1876–1877 | [20] | |
4 | William Waters | 1877 | ||
Joseph Dodson | ![]() |
1877–1881 | 2nd period | |
Edward Everett | 1881–1882 | 2nd period | ||
5 | Charles Yates Fell | ![]() |
1882–1887 | [20] |
6 | John Sharp | ![]() |
1887–1890 | [20] |
7 | Francis Trask | ![]() |
1890–1899 | [20] |
8 | Joseph Auty Harley | ![]() |
1899–1901 | [20] |
9 | Henry Baigent | ![]() |
1901–1904 | [20] |
10 | Jesse Piper | ![]() |
1904–1905 | [20] |
Henry Baigent | ![]() |
1905–1906 | 2nd period | |
Jesse Piper | ![]() |
1906–1910 | 2nd period | |
11 | Thomas Pettit | ![]() |
1910–1911 | |
12 | Thomas Field | ![]() |
1911–1913 | [21] |
13 | William Lock | 1913–1915 | ||
14 | Charles Harley | ![]() |
1915–1917 | |
15 | William Snodgrass | ![]() |
1917–1921 | |
William Lock | 1921–1927 | 2nd period | ||
16 | Walter Moffatt | ![]() |
1927–1935 | |
17 | George Page | 1935–1941 | ||
18 | Edgar Neale | ![]() |
1941–1947 | |
19 | Joseph Auty Harley | 1947–1956 | ||
20 | Stanley Russell | 1956–1962 | ||
21 | Douglas Strawbridge | 1962–1968 | ||
22 | Trevor Horne | 1968–1971 | ||
23 | Roy McLennan | 1971–1980 | ||
24 | Peter Malone | 1980–1992 | ||
25 | Philip Woollaston | 1992–1998 | ||
26 | Paul Matheson | 1998–2007 | ||
27 | Kerry Marshall | ![]() |
2007–2010 | |
28 | Aldo Miccio | ![]() |
2010–2013 | |
29 | Rachel Reese | ![]() |
2013–present |
List of deputy mayors[]
Name | Term | Mayor |
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Thomas Field | 1910[22] | Pettit |
Edgar Neale | 1933–1941[23] | Moffatt |
Page | ||
Joseph Auty Harley | 1944–1947[24] | Neale |
Edgar Neale | 1947–1950[23] | Harley |
Frederick John Lock | 1950–1953[24] | |
Robert Francis Stenhouse | 1953–1956[24] | |
Betsy Robertson Eyre | 1959–1962[25] | Russell |
Stanley Whitehead | 1962–1965[26] | Strawbridge |
Betsy Robertson Eyre | 1965–1971[27] | |
Horne | ||
Trevor Horne | 1974–1980 | McLennan |
Pat Tindle | 1980–1986[24] | Malone |
Darcy Blair | 1986–1989[24] | |
Seddon Marshall | 1989–1992[24] | |
Leonard Ardell | 1992–1995[28] | Woollaston |
Tui France | 1995–1998[24] | |
Jo Raine | 1998–2001[24] | Matheson |
Gail Collingwood | 2001–2007[29] | |
Rachel Reese | 2007–2010[30] | Marshall |
Alison Boswijk | 2010–2013[31] | Miccio |
Paul Matheson | 2013–present[32] | Reese |
References[]
- ^ Election of Mayor pg 2, Nelson Evening Mail, 2 May 1874
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Mayors of Nelson". The Prow. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Cyclopedia Company Limited (1906). "Ex Mayors". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts. Christchurch. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ Editorial, The Nelson Evening Mail, pg 2, 13 January 1875
- ^ Editorial, The Marlborough Express, pg 3, 10 March 1875
- ^ Editorial, pg 2, Evening Post, 16 June 1876
- ^ Platts, Una (1980). Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints. p. 91.
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 234. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "The Mayoral Installation". Nelson Evening Mail. XXXIII (287). 20 December 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cyclopedia Company Limited (1906). "Nelson Corporation". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts. Christchurch. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Mayoral Elections". Poverty Bay Herald. XXXIII (10647). 26 April 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "City of Nelson". Colonist. XLVIII (11605). 19 April 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Colonist| volume=LII| issue=12779, 28 April 1910
- ^ Scholefield, Guy (1925) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 91.
- ^ "Neale, Edgar Rollo, c1890-1960". the community archive. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "the trevor horne heritage trail" (PDF). Nelson City Council. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "New mayor for Nelson". Radio NZ. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ This list incorporates information provided by Richard Palmer, Administration Advisor/Electorate Officer, Nelson City Council, 22 January 2010
- ^ "Dodsons Valley". Nelson Historical Society Journal. 2 (6). April 1973.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Ex Mayors The Cyclopaedia of New Zealand (Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland Provincial Districts), The Cyclopaedia Company Limited, Christchurch, 1906
- ^ Spoonley, Paul. "Field, Arthur Nelson: 1882–1963". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ Scholefield, G.H., ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (PDF). 1. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 249. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gustafson 1986, p. 335.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "NELSON CITY COUNCIL ROLL OF HONOUR" (PDF).
- ^ "Local Body Elections – Nelson Photo News – No 61 : November 13, 1965".
- ^ "Parliamentary Debates JUNE 22-JULY 20 1976".
- ^ "City Council – Nelson Photo News – No 97 : November 16, 1968".
- ^ "Nelson City Council Minutes 28 October 2010" (PDF). Nelson City Council.
- ^ "Retirement won't be dull". Stuff.co.nz. 18 July 2013.
- ^ "Reese joins mayoral race". Stuff.co.nz. 30 March 2010.
- ^ "Boswijk is deputy". Stuff.co.nz. 24 October 2010.
- ^ "Paul Matheson – Nelson City Council". Nelson City Council.
External links[]
- Jubilee History of Nelson: From 1842–1892, Ch.XII. Broad, Lowther. Pub. Bond, Finney, and Co, 1892, Nelson.
- Mayors of Nelson, New Zealand
- Lists of mayors of places in New Zealand
- Politics of Nelson, New Zealand