Mayor of Tauranga

The Mayor of Tauranga is the head of the municipal government of Tauranga, New Zealand, and presides over the Tauranga City Council. There is currently no Mayor of Tauranga. On 9 February 2021, a Crown Commission appointed by the Minister of Local Government took over all of the council's governance responsibilities, including the vacant position of Mayor. Tenby Powell resigned as Mayor in November 2020.[1]

Mayor of Tauranga City Council
StyleHis/Her Worship
StatusVacant, since November 2020
Term lengthThree years
Formation1882
First holderGeorge Vesey Stewart
DeputyTina Salisbury
WebsiteOfficial website
Anne Tolley, current chair of the Crown Commission
Greg Brownless, mayor from 2016 to 2019
Stuart Crosby, mayor from 2004 to 2016

History
George Vesey Stewart, first Mayor of Tauranga
Canon Charles Jordan, Vicar of Holy Trinity for 39 years and Mayor of Tauranga for nine years over five separate periods

Tauranga was gazetted as a borough in 1882, and achieved sufficient population to become a city in 1963. The 1989 Local Body reforms saw the city become part of the Tauranga District, before the City of Tauranga was reproclaimed in 2004.

Elections for mayor were held annually from 1882 up to 1915, when terms become two years. In 1935 terms were made three years, the current system. The election used first-past-the-post voting up until the 2016 election,[2] then changed to single transferable vote.[3]

One of Tauranga's longest-serving mayors was Canon Charles Jordan, who was mayor for nine years in total over five separate periods. He is the subject of a commemorative statue, unveiled in Tauranga Domain in 1916, four years after his death.[4]

The last mayor, Tenby Powell, was elected to the office in October 2019 but resigned in November 2020, eight months after he was unanimously censured by his council for an angry outburst.[5][6] Following further mayoral "outbursts,"[7][8] Powell publicly called for the Minister of Local Government to appoint a commission to replace the "dysfunctional" council.[9][10] The decision to cancel the election for a new mayor and councillors, and the appointment of a crown commission instead by Nanaia Mahuta was not without controversy. A legal opinion by law firm Russell McVeagh found her decision may have been "unlawful"[11] and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges called the decision "dramatic and draconian",[12] while saying that Powell quitting removed "a significant source of friction" and it was reasonable to assume the council would become more functional with the election of a new Mayor and Councillor.[13]

List of mayors
# Name Term of office Notes
Start End
1 George Vesey Stewart 17 March 1882 4 December 1882 [14]
2 Richard Coles Jordan 4 December 1882 16 April 1883
3 Thomas Wrigley 16 April 1883 16 December 1885 [15]
4 Charles Jordan 16 December 1885 15 December 1886 [16]
5 David Lundon 15 December 1886 28 November 1888 [16][17]
6 James Bodell 28 November 1888 8 December 1889 [18][19]
7 Robert Sharpe Galbraith 8 December 1889 21 February 1890 [20][21]
(5) David Lundon 7 April 1890 5 January 1893 [22][23]
8 Richard John Gill 5 January 1893 20 December 1893 [24]
9 Charles Angus Clarke 20 December 1893 21 December 1898 [25][26][27][28]
10 Gerard Arnold Ward 21 December 1898 20 December 1899 [29]
11 James Weir Gray 20 December 1899 28 October 1900 [30]
(4) Charles Jordan 21 November 1900 10 May 1905 [31]
12 William McKenzie Commons 13 June 1906 1 May 1907 [32]
(4) Charles Jordan 1 May 1907 6 May 1908 [33]
13 John Bull 6 May 1908 5 May 1909 [34][35]
(4) Charles Jordan 5 May 1909 4 May 1910 [35]
(13) John Bull 4 May 1910 3 May 1911 [36]
(4) Charles Jordan 3 May 1911 6 May 1912
14 Benjamin Conrad "Cockie" Robbins 6 May 1912 5 May 1915 [37][38]
15 Charles MacMillan 5 May 1915 2 May 1917 [39]
16 John Cuthbert Adams 2 May 1917 12 May 1919 [40]
17 Bradshaw Dive 12 May 1919 9 May 1929 [41]
(14) Benjamin Robbins 9 May 1929 11 May 1933 [38]
18 Alfred Francis Daly Tunks 11 May 1933 16 May 1935
19 Lionel Wilkinson 16 May 1935 22 November 1950
20 Bill Barnard 22 November 1950 21 October 1952 [42]
(19) Lionel Wilkinson 28 October 1952 28 November 1956
21 David Mitchell 28 November 1956 29 October 1968
22 Bob Owens 29 October 1968 25 October 1977 [43]
23 Eric Faulkner 25 October 1977 22 October 1980
24 Raymond Francis Dillon 22 October 1980 8 October 1983
25 Noel Pope 8 October 1983 14 October 1989
26 Keith "Nobby" Clarke 14 October 1989 14 October 1995
(25) Noel Pope 14 October 1995 13 October 2001 [44]
27 Jan Beange 13 October 2001 9 October 2004 [44][45]
28 Stuart Crosby 9 October 2004 8 October 2016 [45]
29 Greg Brownless 8 October 2016 12 October 2019 [46]
30 Tenby Powell 12 October 2019 20 November 2020 [47][9]
– Anne Tolley
(as chair of commissioners)		 9 February 2021 [48]

Election results

2007 election
2007 local body elections: Mayor of Tauranga
Candidate Votes %
Stuart Crosby Green tickY 15,089 44.63
Murray Guy 7,697 22.77
Bill Faulkner 5,596 16.55
Mike Baker 3,271 9.68
John Robson 625 1.85
Hori Tunnels 449 1.33
Jim Smylie 384 1.14
Informal votes 73 0.22
Blank ballots 624 1.85
Majority 7,392 21.86
Turnout 33,808 43.9
Stuart Crosby hold

2016 election
Main article: 2016 Tauranga mayoral election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Greg BrownlessIndependent9,11026.76
Kelvin CloutEnergy and Experience7,12820.94
Max MasonExperienced Positive Leadership4,04011.87
Doug OwensEffectiveness, Efficiency, Growth3,99111.73
Steve MorrisTogether we can build a better city3,0198.87
Murray GuyCommunity Focused Leadership1,7645.18
Larry BaldockMore Democracy Less Bureaucracy1,6544.86
John RobsonReal Change in TCC - Guaranteed1,4784.34
Graeme PurchesIndependent9952.92
Noel James PetersonIndependent4521.33
Hori Bop LeamingIndependent4061.19
Total34,037100.00
Valid votes34,03797.99
Invalid/blank votes6972.01
Total votes34,734100.00
Source: [49]

2019 election
Main article: 2019 Tauranga mayoral election

The 2019 mayoral election was run using the single transferable voting system. Previous mayoral elections had used first past the post.[50]

2019 Tauranga mayoral election[51][52]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Tauranga Deserves Better Leadership Tenby Powell 32.58% 12,486 12,505 12,554 12,696 12,857 13,098 13,690 15,085 17,299
Proven Leadership & Community Commitment Greg Brownless† 20.82% 7,978 7,993 8,029 8,105 8,180 8,463 8,989 9,647 12,400
Let's Build a Better City. Together. Kelvin Clout 16.42% 6,295 6,315 6,375 6,484 6,610 6,959 7,533 8,635
Fix the Council, vote for positive change Andrew Hollis 10.34% 3,964 4,001 4,074 4,219 4,381 4,800 5,715
For Tauranga John Robson 7.78% 2,982 3,011 3,044 3,132 3,235 3,474
Your choice for your voice - Stop the waste Murray Guy 4.94% 1,893 1,909 1,962 2,031 2,128
Ocean City Christopher Stokes 2.34% 897 916 1,003 1,142
Independent Jos Nagels 2.39% 916 932 974
Independent Rangimarie Kingi 1.81% 695 703
Independent Les Wallen 0.58% 222
Valid: 38328   Spoilt: 73 + 466 blank   Quota: 1st iteration: 19,164; final iteration: 14,850  

    †Incumbent candidate

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