The Mayor of Onehunga officiated over the Onehunga Borough of New Zealand, which was administered by the Onehunga Borough Council. The office existed from 1877 until 1989, when Onehunga Borough and was amalgamated into the new Auckland City Council as part of the 1989 local government reforms. There were 24 holders of the office.

In 1894 Elizabeth Yates was elected Mayor of Onehunga becoming the first female mayor anywhere in the British Empire and second in the world.[1]

List of mayors

Mayors of Onehunga were:[2]

Key

  Labour
Name Term
1 John Dickenson Jackson 1877
2 James William Waller 1877–1878
3 Thomas George Blakey 1878–1879
4 George Codlin 1879–1880
(3) Thomas George Blakey 1880–1881
(4) George Codlin 1881–1883
5 William George Scott 1883–1884
(1) John Dickenson Jackson 1884–1885
(5) William George Scott 1885–1886
6 Robert Close Erson 1886–1887
7 Charles Colville Fleming 1887–1888
8 Michael Yates 1888–1892
(6) Robert Close Erson 1892–1893
9 Elizabeth Yates 1893–1894
10 Donald Sutherland 1894–1897
11 Frederick William Court 1897–1898
(6) Robert Close Erson 1898–1901
(10) Donald Sutherland 1901–1904
12 Angus Gordon 1905–1906
13 John Rowe 1906–1917
14 John James Boyd 1917
15 John Stoupe 1917–1919
16 John Park 1919–1923
17 James Edward Cowell 1923–1927
18 William Charles Coldicutt 1927–1929
19 Edward Morton 1929–1935
(16) John Park 1935–1938
20 Archer Garside 1938–1941
(16) John Park 1941–1944
(20) Archer Garside 1944–1959
21 Leo Manning 1959–1968
22 Gerrard Beeson 1968–1974
(21) Leo Manning 1974–1980
23 John Henderson 1980–1986
24 Graham Johnson Mountjoy 1986–1989

References

  1. ↑ Mogford, Janice C. "Yates, Elizabeth 1840–1848?–1918". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, G. G. M. (1963). Onehunga, 120 Years Progress 1843–1963.
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