Mayor of New Plymouth

The mayor of New Plymouth officiates over the New Plymouth District Council in New Zealand. Since the 2022 local elections, the mayor is elected directly using the single transferable vote electoral system; prior to that, first-past-the-post voting was used. The current mayor is Max Brough.

List of office holders New Plymouth has had 27 mayors: NamePortraitTerm1 Arthur Standish"Mr. Arthur Standish". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 1876–18782 Albert Cracroft Fookes"Mr. Albert Cracroft Fookes". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 1878–18793 James Davidson"Mr. James Davidson". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 1879–18814 William Bayly"Mr. William Bayly". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 1881–18845 James Paul"Mr. James Paul". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 1884–1886(4) William Bayly 1886–18886 John Barton Roy"Mr. John Barton Roy". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 1888–18897 James Bellringer"Mr. James Bellringer". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 1889–1893(6) John Barton Roy 1893–18978 Edward Dockrill 1897–19039 Richard Cock"Mr. Richard Cock". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 1903–1906(8) Edward Dockrill 1906–190810 Gustave Tisch"Gustave Gardener Tisch". Puke Ariki. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 1908–191111 George William Browne 1911–191412 J. E. Wilson 1914–191513 Charles Hayward Burgess 1915–191914 James Clarke 1919–192015 Frank Edwin Wilson 1920–192716 Victor Griffiths 1927–193317 Everard Gilmour 1933–195318 Edward Hill 1953–195619 Alfred Honnor 1956–196820 Denis Sutherland 1968–198021 David Lean 1980–199222 Claire Stewart 1992–200123 Peter Tennent 2001–201024 Harry Duynhoven 2010–201325 Andrew Judd 2013–201626 Neil Holdom 2016–202527 Max Brough 2025–present

List of deputy mayors

Name Term MayorJames Bellringer1901DockrillW. F. Brooking1901–?W. F. Brooking1904–?–W. F. Brooking1905–?CockCr. Wilson1906–?DockrillUnknown–1911–George William Browne1911TischJames Clarke1911–1914BrowneWilsonW. A. Collis1914–1920WilsonBurgessClarkeFrederick John Hill1920–1921WilsonJames Kibby1922–1923Victor Griffiths1923–1927Sydney George Smith1928–1930GriffithsFrank Amoore1930–?Unknown––Percy Stainton 1935–1938GilmourFrancis Stanley Grayling1938–1943Clinton Henry Wynyard1943–1944Francis Stanley Grayling1944–1947Richard John Pentecost1947–1950 George Fry 1950–1953 Alfred Honnor 1953–1956 Hill William Dean 1956–1965 Honnor Royden Burkitt 1965–1968 Edmund Allen 1968–1974 Sutherland Royden Burkitt 1974–1980 Ron Barclay 1980–1989 Lean Thomas Watson 1989–1992 Thomas Beeby 1992–1994 Stewart W David Wilkinson 1994–1995 Brian Bellringer 1995–1998 Peter Tennent 1998–2001 Lynn Bublitz 2001–2007 Tennent Alex Matheson 2007–2013 Duynhoven Heather Dodunski 2013–2016 Judd Craig McFarlane 2016–2017 Holdom Richard Jordan 2017–2022David Bublitz2022–2025Murray Chong2025–April 2026BroughMoira GeorgeMay 2026–present

Deaths in office James Clarke died in New Zealand's second fatal air crash while in office; when the three occupants of the plane he was in were killed on 11 November 1920. Clarke had foreshadowed that he intended to resign from the mayoralty that evening.

Frank Edwin Wilson died in office on 14 November 1927; the cause of death was believed to be cerebral meningitis. The deputy mayor, Victor Griffiths, was subsequently elected unopposed to the position of mayor on 6 December 1927.

Gustave Tisch also died while in office as the result of an illness.

James Bellringer died in 1901 whilst in the position of deputy mayor. Bellringer was not present at the Borough Council meeting on 10 June 1901 and, in his absence, was elected deputy mayor, due to his seniority. He died roughly a week later.

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External links Information about the mayor and councillors on the New Plymouth District Council website