Mayor of Auckland City

Auckland obtained its first local government in 1851, when the Borough of Auckland was created, covering an area of 58,000 acres (230 km²). This short-lived entity, which existed for about one year, had only one mayor, Archibald Clark.^[1]

When the City of Auckland was formally incorporated in 1871, it covered a much smaller area of 623 acres (2.52 km²). Its municipal council was led by a chairman, Walter Lee. Soon afterwards the office of Mayor of Auckland was created. At first, the mayor was elected by the councillors. In 1875, Benjamin Tonks was the first mayor elected at large, i.e. by the ratepayers.^[1] There were 39 holders of the position. The longest-serving was Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, who held the post for 18 years, and was the first person to serve non-consecutive terms.^[2] There were two female Mayors; Catherine Tizard in 1983 and Christine Fletcher in 1998.

The city council was abolished on 31 October 2010. The area has since been governed by the Auckland Council, which also governs the rest of the Auckland Region.

Key

  Independent   Citizens & Ratepayers   Labour

†: Died in office

#		Portrait	Name	Term of Office
	1		Philip Philips	22 May 1871	9 July 1874
	2		Henry Isaacs	20 July 1874	16 December 1874
	3		Frederick Prime	16 December 1874	16 December 1875
	4		Benjamin Tonks	16 December 1875	20 December 1876
	5		William Hurst	20 December 1876	19 December 1877
	6		Henry Brett	19 December 1877	27 November 1878
	7		Thomas Peacock	27 November 1878	15 December 1880
	8		James Clark	15 December 1880	20 December 1883
	9		William Waddel	20 December 1883	23 December 1886
	10		Albert Devore	23 December 1886	18 December 1889
	11		John Upton	18 December 1889	18 December 1891
	12		William Crowther	18 December 1891	20 December 1893
	13		James Job Holland	20 December 1893	16 December 1896
	14		Abraham Boardman	16 December 1896	11 May 1897
	15		Peter Dignan	11 May 1897	21 December 1898
	16		David Goldie	21 December 1898	8 May 1901
	17		John Logan Campbell	8 May 1901	25 July 1901
	18		Alfred Kidd	30 July 1901	13 May 1903
	19		Edwin Mitchelson	13 May 1903	3 May 1905
	20		Arthur Myers	3 May 1905	25 February 1909
	21		Charles Grey	2 March 1909	4 May 1910
	22		Lemuel Bagnall	4 May 1910	3 May 1911
	23		James Parr	3 May 1911	5 May 1915
	24		James Gunson	5 May 1915	6 May 1925
	25		George Baildon	6 May 1925	13 May 1931
	26		George Hutchison	13 May 1931	15 May 1935
	27		Ernest Davis	15 May 1935	28 May 1941
	28		John Allum	28 May 1941	26 November 1953[3]
	29		John Luxford	26 November 1953	3 December 1956
	30		Tom Ashby	3 December 1956	26 September 1957†
	31		Keith Buttle	11 November 1957	8 December 1959
	32		Dove-Myer Robinson	8 December 1959	28 October 1965
	33		Roy McElroy	28 October 1965	23 October 1968
	(32)		Dove-Myer Robinson	23 October 1968	30 October 1980
	34		Colin Kay	30 October 1980	26 October 1983
	35		Catherine Tizard	26 October 1983	28 September 1990
	36		Les Mills	21 December 1990	4 November 1998
	37		Christine Fletcher	4 November 1998	1 November 2001
	38		John Banks	1 November 2001	31 October 2004
	39		Dick Hubbard	31 October 2004	1 November 2007
	(38)		John Banks	1 November 2007	31 October 2010

Key

  Independent   Citizens & Ratepayers   Labour   City Vision

†: Died in office

• "Auckland mayors". Auckland Libraries. Auckland Council. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
• Bassett, Michael (2013). City of sails: the history of Auckland City Council, 1989–2010. Upstart Press. ISBN 978-1927262009.
• Bush, Graham (1991). Advance in order: the Auckland City Council from centenary to reorganisation, 1971-1989. Auckland City Council. ISBN 0908834039.
• Bush, Graham (1971). Decently and in order: the Government of the City of Auckland, 1840-1971. Auckland City Council. ISBN 9780002111676.