Mayor of Timaru

The mayor of Timaru is the directly elected head of the Timaru District Council, the local government authority for the Timaru District in New Zealand, which it controls as a territorial authority.

List of officeholders There have been 40 mayors since the formation of the Timaru Borough Council in 1868. The current mayor is Nigel Bowen, who was first elected in the 2019 local elections.

NameTermNotes 1 Samuel Hewlings 1868–1870 2Henry Cain 1870–1873 3George Cliff 1873–1875 4James Sutter 1875–1876 (3)George Cliff 1876–1879second term (4)James Sutter 1879–1882second term 5John Jackson 1882–1886 6Moss Jonas 1886–1888 7David Mitchell Ross 1888–1891 8Andrew Sherratt 1891–1893 9Jacob Hill 1893–1896 10John James Grandi 1896–1898 11James Stephen Keith 1898–1899 12John Hole 1899–1901 13Charles Macintosh 1901–1902 14James Craigie1902–1912 15Tom Hawkey 1912–1913 16William Angland 1913–1914 17Edwin Rowland Guinness1914–1917 18James Maling 1917–1919 19William Chute Raymond 1919–1921 20Frank Rolleston 1921–1923 21George John Wallace 1923–1929 (16)William Angland 1929–1931second term 22Thomas W. Satterthwaite 1931–1936 23Percy Vinnell 1936–1938died 1938 24Percy Barnes Foote 1938 25William Glenholme Tweedy 1938–1942 26Stanley Hanan 1942–1950 died in office 27William Leslie Richards 1950–1953 28Ronald Erle White1953–1959OBE (1959) 29Muriel Hilton1959–1962née Venn; MBE (1976) 30Charles Edward Thomson 1962–1965 31Durham Dowell 1965–1971 resigned 32Ray Bennett1971MNZM (1996) 33Russell Hervey 1971–1977QSO (1982) (32)Ray Bennett1977–1982second term 34Helene McIver 1982–1986née Denford; MBE (1977) 35Dave Walker 1986–1989 36 Archie Houstoun1989–1992MBE (1992) 37Wynne Raymond 1992–2004 38Janie Annear 2004–2013ONZM (2014) 39Damon Odey2013–2019 40Nigel Bowen 2019–present

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