The Mayor of Auckland City was the directly elected head of the Auckland City Council, the municipal government of Auckland City, New Zealand. The office existed from 1871 to 2010, when the Auckland City Council and mayoralty was abolished and replaced with the Auckland Council and the Mayor of Auckland.

History Auckland obtained its first local government in 1851, when the Borough of Auckland was created, covering an area of . This short-lived entity, which existed for about one year, had only one mayor, Archibald Clark.

When the City of Auckland was formally incorporated in 1871, it covered a much smaller area of . Its municipal council was led by a chairman, Walter Lee. Soon afterwards the office of Mayor of Auckland was created. At first, the mayor was elected by the councillors. In 1875, Benjamin Tonks was the first mayor elected at large, i.e. by the ratepayers. There were 39 holders of the position. The longest-serving was Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, who held the post for 18 years, and was the first person to serve non-consecutive terms. There were two female Mayors; Catherine Tizard in 1983 and Christine Fletcher in 1998.

The city council was abolished on 31 October 2010. The area has since been governed by the Auckland Council, which also governs the rest of the Auckland Region.

List of mayors of Auckland City Key

†: Died in office

# Portrait Name Term of Office 1 Philip Philips 22 May 1871 9 July 1874 2 Henry Isaacs 20 July 1874 16 December 1874 3 Frederick Prime 16 December 1874 16 December 1875 4 Benjamin Tonks 16 December 1875 20 December 1876 5 William Hurst 20 December 1876 19 December 1877 6 Henry Brett 19 December 1877 27 November 1878 7 Thomas Peacock 27 November 1878 15 December 1880 8 James Clark 15 December 1880 20 December 1883 9 William Waddel 20 December 1883 23 December 1886 10 Albert Devore 23 December 1886 18 December 1889 11 John Upton 18 December 1889 18 December 1891 12 William Crowther 18 December 1891 20 December 1893 13 James Job Holland 20 December 1893 16 December 1896 14 Abraham Boardman 16 December 1896 11 May 1897 15 Peter Dignan 11 May 1897 21 December 1898 16 David Goldie 21 December 1898 8 May 1901 17 John Logan Campbell 8 May 1901 25 July 1901 18 Alfred Kidd 30 July 1901 13 May 1903 19 Edwin Mitchelson 13 May 1903 3 May 1905 20 Arthur Myers 3 May 1905 25 February 1909 21 Charles Grey 2 March 1909 4 May 1910 22 Lemuel Bagnall 4 May 1910 3 May 1911 23 James Parr 3 May 1911 5 May 1915 24 James Gunson 5 May 1915 6 May 1925 25 George Baildon 6 May 1925 13 May 1931 26 George Hutchison 13 May 1931 15 May 1935 27 Ernest Davis 15 May 1935 28 May 1941 28 John Allum 28 May 1941 26 November 1953 29 John Luxford 26 November 1953 3 December 1956 30 Tom Ashby 3 December 1956 26 September 1957† 31 Keith Buttle 11 November 1957 8 December 1959 32 Dove-Myer Robinson 8 December 1959 28 October 1965 33 Roy McElroy 28 October 1965 23 October 1968 (32) Dove-Myer Robinson 23 October 1968 30 October 1980 34 Colin Kay 30 October 1980 26 October 1983 35 Catherine Tizard 26 October 1983 28 September 1990 36 Les Mills 21 December 1990 4 November 1998 37 Christine Fletcher 4 November 1998 1 November 2001 38 John Banks 1 November 2001 31 October 2004 39 Dick Hubbard 31 October 2004 1 November 2007 (38) John Banks 1 November 2007 31 October 2010

List of deputy-mayors Key

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Name Term of OfficeMayor John Court 1913 1915 Parr Andrew Entrican 1915 1920Gunson Harold D. Heather 1920 1922† George Baildon 1922 1925 James A. Warnock 1925 1927Baildon Andrew Entrican 1927 1935 Hutchison Bernard Martin 1935 1938Davis George Richardson1938† John Allum 1938 1941 Leonard Coakley 1941 1950Allum Arthur Bailey 1950 1952† Roy McElroy 1952 1953 Keith Buttle 1953 1957 Luxford Ashby Fred Ambler 1957 1962 Buttle Robinson Fred Glasse 1962 1970 McElroy Robinson Max Tounge 1970 1971 Lindo Ferguson 1971 1977 Jolyon Firth 1977 1980 John Strevens 1980 1986 Kay Tizard Harold Goodman 1986 1988† Phil Warren 1988 1991 Mills David Hay 1991 1998 Bruce Hucker 1998 2001 Fletcher David Hay 2001 2004 Banks Bruce Hucker 2004 2007 Hubbard David Hay 2007 2010 Banks

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