Mayor of Queenstown Borough

This is a list of mayors of Queenstown Borough in New Zealand. The mayor was the head of the Queenstown Borough Council. The borough existed from 1866 until 1986, when it merged with the Lake County to form Queenstown-Lakes District. During the 120 years of its existence, there were 21 mayors.

List of mayors The Queenstown Borough Council was constituted in 1866. James William Robertson was elected as the first mayor in July 1866. John Davies was the last mayor of the borough council (1983–1986) and became the first mayor of Queenstown-Lakes (1986–1989).

The following list is complete: NamePortraitTermNotes 1 James William Robertson 1866–1869 2 Bendix Hallenstein 1869–1872 3 Michael Malaghan 1872–1874 4 Thomas G. Betts 1874–1877 5 William Warren 1877–1878 6 Frederick Henry Daniel 1878–1880 7 Lewis Hotop 1880–1881 (5) William Warren 1881–1882 2nd period 8 James Reid 1882–1887 9 Francis St Omer 1887–1891 (7) Lewis Hotop 1891–1894 2nd period (9) Francis St Omer 1894–1903 2nd period (7) Lewis Hotop 1903–1906 3rd period 10 Maurice James Gavin 1906–1908 11 John Edgar Sr. 1908–1913 12 Donald F. Sutherland 1913–1917 13 Andrew Simson 1917–1927 14 (William) Harry Overton 1927–1939 15 William Anderson 1939–1950 16 D.W. Thomson 1950–1952 17 R.C. Robins 1952–1953 Acting mayor (15) William Anderson 1953–1956 2nd period (17) R.C. Robins 1956–1962 2nd period 18 George D. Cochrane 1962–1968 19 Warren Cooper 1968–1975 20 Jim Grant 1975–1983 21 John Davies 1983–1986

Place names

Some streets and places in Queenstown are named after former borough council mayors; Robertson Street in Frankton, Hallenstein Street, Malaghan Road and Malaghan Street, Warren Park, Hotop Rise, Reid Street, St. Omer Park, Anderson Heights, Robins Road, Grant Road, and Davies Place.

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