Mayor of Gisborne

The mayor of Gisborne is the elected head of local government in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island, one of 67 mayors in the country. The mayor is based in the principal city (and namesake) of the district, Gisborne. The mayor presides over the Gisborne District Council and is directly elected using the single transferable vote method.

Rehette Stoltz is the current mayor of Gisborne.

List of mayors of Gisborne Died in office NamePortraitTerm1 William Fitzgerald Crawford 1877–18782 Thomas William Porter 1878–18813 Charles Debenham Bennett 1881–18824 Edward Knight Brown 1882–1883(2) Thomas William Porter 1883–18845 Cecil de Lautour 1884–18856 Allan McDonald 1885–18867 Henry Lewis 1886(2) Thomas William Porter 1886–18878 William Tucker 1887–1889(5) Cecil de Lautour 1889–18909 John Townley 1890–190810 Douglas Lysnar 1908–191111 William Pettie 1911–191312 James Robert Kirk 1913–191413 William Grice Sherratt 1914–191914 George Wildish 1919–192715 Charles Edward Armstrong 1927–192816 David Coleman 1928–193317 John Jackson 1933–1935(16) David Coleman 1935–194118 Noel Henry Bull 1941–195019 Harry Barker 1950–197720 Richard White 1977–198321 Hink Healey 1983–1988–Brian Crawshaw (acting)1988–198922 John Clarke 1989–200123 Meng Foon 2001–201924 Rehette Stoltz 2019–present

List of deputy mayors of Gisborne

Died in office +NameTermMayorJames Robert KirkOctober – November 1909LysnarJohn Somervell November 1909William Pettie – December 1910William PettieMay – August 1911J. W. Bright January 1913PettieJ. C. Collins1913–1914KirkJames Brown1914–1918SherrattH. E. Hill1918–1921Sherratt WildishHerbert de Costa1921–1925WildishPosition vacant (1925)Thomas Todd1925–1927James Blair1927–1931Armstrong ColemanHarold E. Maude1931–1935Coleman JacksonHenry Holmes1935–1938ColemanJack Hall1938–1941Herbert de Costa1941–1947BullFrederick Tolerton1947–1953Bull BarkerReginald Keeling1953–BarkerJ. B. Williams1959–1962L. H. R. Crosby1965E. Lynch1967Unknown––Seton Clare1981WhiteBrian Crawshaw1983–1989HealeyUnknown1989–2001ClarkeMargaret Thorpe2001–2007FoonNona Aston2007–2013Rehette Stoltz2013–2019Josh Wharehinga2019–2025StoltzAubrey Ria2025–present

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