Mayor of Westport, New Zealand

The Mayor of Westport officiated over the borough of Westport in on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. The office was created in 1873 when Westport was gazetted as a borough by the Nelson Provincial Council, and ceased with the 1989 local government reforms, when Westport Borough, Buller County and Inangahua County merged to form Buller District. The first mayor of Westport was James Wilson Humphrey.[1][2]

List of mayors

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The following is a complete list of the mayors of Westport:[1][3]

Name Portrait Term of office
1 James Wilson Humphrey 1873–1874
2 Robert Whyte 1874–1876
3 John Munro 1876–1878
(2) Robert Whyte (2nd time) 1878
4 William Reeve Haselden 1878–1880
(3) John Munro (2nd time) 1880–1882
(4) William Reeve Haselden (2nd time) 1882–1884
5 John Hughes 1884–1889
6 James Suisted 1889–1890
7 John Marshall 1890–1892
(6) James Suisted (2nd time) 1892–1894
8 Hans Larsen 1894–1898
9 James Colvin 1898–1900
10 James Scanlon 1900–1903
11 Samuel James Riley 1903–1904
12 Fergus Ferguson Munro 1904–1905
13 George Hargreaves Gothard 1905–1908
14 James Horace Greenwood 1908–1913
15 Arthur Leaver 1913–1920
16 John Menzies 1920–1926
17 Charles Greenland 1926
18 James Hamilton Harkness 1927–1933
19 John Kilkenny 1933–1939
20 John Robertson 1939–1953
21 James Hunter 1953–1956
22 John Watson 1956–1968
23 Bill Craddock 1968–1977
24 Jack Dellaca 1977–1983
25 Pat O'Dea 1983–1989

References

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  1. ^ a b "The jubilee of Westport". The Press. 8 August 1933. p. 13. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Westport". Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts. Christchurch: Cyclopedia Company. 1906. pp. 155–158. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Inhabitants of Westport 1873–1973". Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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