Tauranga Mayors and Councillors, 1882-1971
- Tauranga Borough Council: The Tauranga Town Board organized petitions that led to the establishment of the Borough of Tauranga on February 21, 1882. At the time, the population was 1,258, and George Vesey Stewart was elected Mayor in the first council elections held on March 15. The inaugural meeting of the Tauranga Borough Council took place on March 17. Tauranga City Council: Over the years, the Borough of Tauranga grew with the addition of 17th to 23rd Avenues (1946), Ōtūmoetai East and Judea (1949), Fraser Street (1958), Maungatapu, part of Hairini, and Motuopuhi (1959), the balance of Ōtūmoetai (1962), and Greerton (1963), bringing the population to 21,500. These additions resulted in Tauranga being gazetted as a city on April 17, 1963, and renamed the Tauranga City Council. Before the 1989 local government reforms, a borough council with more than 20,000 people could be designated a city. Tauranga District Council: The 1989 reforms resulted in Tauranga losing its city status. Tauranga and Mount Maunganui District Councils, along with Bethlehem and Papamoa Beach, merged to form the Tauranga District Council. Tauranga City Council: On March 1, 2004, the population of Tauranga reached 100,000, and the city became a city for the second time. Tauranga County Council: The Tauranga County Council was established under the 1876 Counties Act. Elections were held in Tauranga, Katikati, and Rotorua just before Christmas in 1876, and on January 10, 1877, the council held its first meeting at Tauranga Courthouse, with G. B. Morris elected as its inaugural chairman. In 1920, the Katikati and Te Puke Road Boards were dissolved and merged into the Tauranga County Council. Following the 1989 local government reforms, the council was renamed the Western Bay of Plenty District Council, which also included Te Puke, Ōmokoroa, Katikati, and Waihi Beach.
Year
Mayor
Councillors
Tauranga Borough Council
1882
George Vesey Stewart
17 March 1882-4 December 1862
David Lundon, J. F. Buddle, James Weir Gray, James Bodell, J. Conway, Richard Coles Jordan, J. W. Clareborough, Jas. Kelly, Thomas Wrigley
Tauranga Borough Council
1882-1883
Richard Coles Jordan
4 December 1882-16 April 1883
Thomas Wrigley, James Bodell, F. Wrigley, J. F. Buddle, Maxwell, Tunks, Firth, Lundon
Tauranga Borough Council
1883-1885
Thomas Wrigley
16 April 1883-16 December 1885
Buddle, Tunks, Lundon, Louch, Maxwell, Gray, Conway, Jordan, Ellis
Tauranga Borough Council
1885-1886
Richard Coles Jordan
16 December 1885-15 December 1886
Gray, Asher, Conway, C. Jordan, R. Horne, Bodell, Fraser
Tauranga Borough Council
1886-1887
Rev. Charles Jordan
15 December 1886-19 December 1887
Spencer, Boddell, Clareborough, Asher, Robert Sharpe Galbraith Conway (resigned May 1887), Horne resigned April 1887 (ill), Hulme, Gray, Captain P. Tait (elected May 1887)
Tauranga Borough Council
1887-1888
David Lundon
19 December 1887-28 November 1888
Hulme, Asher, Tait, Lemon, Spencer, Bodell, Gilmore, Butt
Tauranga Borough Council
1888-1889
James Bodell
28 November 1888-8 December 1889
Spencer, Asher, Lemon, Rev. Charles Jordan, Phillips Hulme, Tait, Clarke, Gilmore
Tauranga Borough Council
1889-1890
Robert Sharpe Galbraith
8 December 1889-21 February 1890 (died in office age 32)
Lemon, Hulme (acting mayor), Rev. Charles Jordan, Clarke, Asher, Spencer, Tait, Gilmore, (Wrigley)
Tauranga Borough Council
1890-1891
David Lundon
7 April 1890 -
Hulme, Asher, Lemon, Clarke, Jordan, Hume, Spencer, Tait, Gilmore, (Wrigley)
Tauranga Borough Council
1891-1892
David Lundon
Asher, Clarke, Lemon, Allely, Marsh, Hulme, Rev. Charles Jordan, Wrigley, Tait
Tauranga Borough Council
1892
David Lundon
5 January 1893
Marsh, Wrigley, Clarke, Allely (retired), Hulme, Tait, P. Hubert, Asher (retired), J. Redmond (voted in), R. Blake (voted in), Lemon (reappointed)
Tauranga Borough Council
1892-1893
Richard John Gill
5 January 1893-20 December 1893
Redmond (resigned), Wrigley (retired), Lemon, Herbert, Clarke (reappointed), Blake, Hulme, Tait (retired), Marsh, Mc. Roberts (voted in) W. M. Commons (voted in), J. Brain (voted in)
Tauranga Borough Council
1893-1894
Charles Augustus Clarke
20 December 1893-
Lemon, Mc. Roberts, Brain, Commons, Blake, Hubert (retired), Marsh (retired), Hulme (reappointed), Rhodes, Gilmore (voted in), Gray (voted in)
Tauranga Borough Council
1894-1895
Charles Augustus Clarke
Commons, Lemon, Blake, Hulme, Brain, Rhodes, Mc. Roberts, Gilmore, Gray
Tauranga Borough Council
1895-1896
Charles Augustus Clarke
J. Murphy, C. Tims, E. Mc. Dowell, C. Hulme, Gilmore, Commons, Brain, Grey, Darley
Tauranga Borough Council
1896-1897
Charles Augustus Clarke
T. Black, W. M. Commons, E. Samual, Grey, Gilmore, Hulme, Mc. Dowell, Tims, Murphy
Tauranga Borough Council
1897-1898
Charles Augustus Clarke
21 December 1898
Black, Maxwell, Mc. Dowell, Commons, C. Hulme, Samual, M. Spence, R. O. Stewart, Murphy
Tauranga Borough Council
1898-1899
Col. Gerald Arnold Ward
21 December 1898-20 December 1899)
Commons, Hulme, J. Maxwell, E. Mc. Dowell, J. Murphy, Stewart, Black, Spence, Munro
Tauranga Borough Council
1899-1900
James Weir Gray
20 December 1899-28 October 1900
Stewart, Murphy, Spence, Maxwell, W. M. Commons, P. Munro, C. Jordan, Hulme, Mc. Dowell
Tauranga Borough Council
1900-1901
Rev. Charles Jordan
21 November 1900-
Allely, Maxwell, Commons, Clarke, Stuart, Marsh, Munro, Murphy, Spence
Tauranga Borough Council
1901-1902
Rev. Charles Jordan
J. A. Jordan, J. Murphy, R. J. Allely, Marsh, Spence, Commons, G. F. Spooner, P. Munro, T. Stuart
Tauranga Borough Council
1902-1903
Rev. Charles Jordan
May re-election
Murphy, Marsh, Allely, Spence, Stuart, Commons, Munro, Spooner, J. A. Jordan
Tauranga Borough Council
1903-1905
Rev. Charles Jordan
10 May 1905
Spence, Marsh, Commons, Spooner, Bull, Hammond, Allely, Smith, Mc. Dorrell
Tauranga Borough Council
1905-1906
Dr. William Brown
10 May 1905-13 June 1906 (resigned)
Richard Coles Jordan, C. T. Spooner, G. R. Brown, J. Bull, R. J. Allely, Rev. Charles Jordan, A. T. Tunks, G. S. Spooner
Tauranga Borough Council
1906-1907
William Mc. Kenzie Commons
3 June 1906-1 May 1907
J. Bull, A. Tunks, Richard Coles Jordan, G.W. Brown, G.T. Spooner, R.J. Allely, J.Conway, E. Wrigley
Tauranga Borough Council
1907-1908
Rev. Charles Jordan
1 May 1907-6 May 1908
G.W. Brown, J. Bull, T. Stuart, J. Dale, John Cuthbert Adams, J. A. Jordan, E. Wrigley, A. Tunks, H. Southey
Tauranga Borough Council
1908-1909
John Bull
6 May 1908-5 May 1909
T. Stuart, A. T. Tunks, G. W. Brown, John Cuthbert Adams, H. Southey, J. Dale, E. Wrigley, G.B. Duncanson, J.M. Hogg
Tauranga Borough Council
1909-1910
Rev. Charles Jordan
5 May 1909- 4 May 1910
P. Munro, John Cuthbert Adams, C.W. Ludwig, G.S. Duncanson, G.A.Brabant, A. Washer, C.E. Macmillan, A.F. Tunks, H. Southey
Tauranga Borough Council
1910-1911
John Bull
4 May 1910-3 May 1911
R. J. Allely, G. A. Brabant, J. Toomash, C.E. Macmillan, P. Munro, G.S. Duncanson, A.J. Tunks, J. Stuart, G.W. Brown
Tauranga Borough Council
1911-1912
Rev. Charles Jordan
3 May 1911-6 May 1912
G.S. Duncanson, J. Murdock, F.H.Hammond, G.A.Brabant, H.G. Castaing, G.W. Brown, P. Munro, A. W. Carmichael, C.E. Macmillan
Tauranga Borough Council
1912-1913
Benjamin Conrad Robbins
6 May 1912
'Cockie Robbins'
C. E. Macmillan, J. H. Munro, T. S. Duncanson, A. W. Carmichael, J. Murdoch, G. A. Brabant, H. Castaing, G. W. Brown, F. H. Hammond
Tauranga Borough Council
1914-1915
Benjamin Conrad Robbins
5 May 1915
'Cockie Robbins'
E. A. Gumbley, J. Torrance, J. Murdoch, H. T. Castaing, G. W. Brown, A. Tuunks, John Cuthbert Adams R. Badger, J. Green
Tauranga Borough Council
1915-1917
Charles Edward Macmillan
5 May 1915-2 May 1917
H. J. Day, C. Whiting, S. Pemberton, H. T. Castaing, G. W. Brown, R. Badger, J. G. Green, T. Tanner, W. Wilding (resigned), Washer
Tauranga Borough Council
1917-1919
John Cuthbert Adams
2 May 1917-12 May 1919
M. Ashton, W. Crump, J. Crichton resigned Jan 1918, J. Murdoch, J. Murray (resigned Nov 1917), S. Pemberton, Dr. T. Stuart (resigned Oct 1917 to go to camp), T. Tanner, C. Whiting, Crowely, Robbins, Roberts, Carr, Wrigley
Tauranga Borough Council
1919-1921
Bradshaw Dive
12 May 1919-
Carr, Tanner, Roberts, Castaing, Crump, M. Ashton, Beale, Wrigley, Whitin
Tauranga Borough Council
1921-1923
Bradshaw Dive
Whiting, Baigent, Scantlebury, Jones, Jordon, Wrigley, Walker, Beale, Robbins
Tauranga Borough Council
1923-1925
Bradshaw Dive
Whiting, Allely, Hammond, Scantlebury, Clinkard, Ollard, Beale, Jones, Mullions
Tauranga Borough Council
1925-1927
Bradshaw Dive
J. M. Daines, Bunting, Kempster, Iles, Turner, Clinkard, F. Allely, D. Ivory, Smith
Tauranga Borough Council
1927-1929
Bradshaw Dive
9 May 1929
F. Allely, J. M. Daines, A. E. Newsham, J. Tanner, T. Moncur, E. C. Hetherington, D. Ivory, J. A. Guiness, A. Iles
Tauranga Borough Council
1929-1931
Benjamin Conrad Robbins
9 May 1929-
Allely, Daines, Mc. Kenzie, Whiting, Law, Ivory, Newsham, Stuart, Tanner
Tauranga Borough Council
1931-1933
Benjamin Conrad Robbins
11 May 1933
'Cockie Robbins'
Allely, Daines, Norris, Whiting, Law, Newsham, Wallace, Bloor, Iles
Tauranga Borough Council
1933-1935
Alfred Francis Daly Tunks
11 May 1933-16 May 1935
Wallace, Law, Newsham, Whiting, Norris, Allely, Iles, Scantlebury
Tauranga Borough Council
1935-1938
Lionel Roberts Wilkinson
16 May 1935-
Iles, Mc. Farlane, Youngman, Allely, Matheson, Mc. Kinnon, Daines, Gallagher, Every
Tauranga Borough Council
1938-1941
Lionel Roberts Wilkinson
Daines, Every, King, Mac. Millan, Perriman, Matheson, Fleming, Allely, Moffatt
Tauranga Borough Council
1941-1944
Lionel Roberts Wilkinson
Mc. Farlane, Fleming, Matheson, Hylton, Washer, Brewer, Gallagher, Holland, Robbins
Tauranga Borough Council
1944-1947
Lionel Roberts Wilkinson
A. Fleming, A. Johnston, W. A. Carswell, A. T. Stenhouse, A. Brewer, E. G. Ware, A. J. Gallagher, C. F. Washer, W. S. Holland
Tauranga Borough Council
1947-1950
Lionel Roberts Wilkinson
22 November 1950
A. A. Fleming, W. A. Carswell, F. T. Briggs, L. D. Lees, D. B. Livingstone, C. Kennedy, T. F. Connor, E. H. Drew, A. T. Stenhouse
Tauranga Borough Council
1950-1953
William Edward Barnard
22 November 1950-21 October 1952
Lionel Roberts Wilkinson
28 October 1952-
F. N. Christian (Deputy), S. R. Watson, L. D. Lees, H. C. Bird, E. P. Blampied, F. T. Briggs, J. G. Crawford, A. A. Fleming, M. R. Jackson
Tauranga Borough Council
1953-1956
Lionel Roberts Wilkinson
28 November 1956
S. R. Watson, A. Kane, J. D. Lacey, H. J. Miller, F. T Briggs, T. Milne, A. Henderson, S. R. Watson, Mrs. E. P. Thompson, L. D. Lees, F. N. Christian
Tauranga Borough Council
1956-1959
David Sceptre Mitchell
28 November 1956-
A. Balfour, F. T. Briggs, A. Gallagher, S. H. Lee, L. D. Lees, Ms A. M. G. Parnell, C. F. Washer, F. N. Christian
Tauranga Borough Council
1959-1962
David Sceptre Mitchell
F. T. Briggs, A. Gallagher, K. Graham, S. H. Lee, T. Milne, Ms A. M. G. Parnell, T. T. Redman, S. R. Watson, L. D. Lees
Tauranga City Council
1962-1965
David Sceptre Mitchell
W. H. Bongard, Eric Lees Faulkner, A. V. James, L. D. Lees, M. S. Manson, A. M. Parnwell, G. F. Sherwin, V. C. Smith, S. D. Tye, K. Graham, Robert Arthur Owens, G. J. Joycer
Tauranga City Council
1965-1968
David Sceptre Mitchell
29 October 1968
H. R. Black, Eric Lees Faulkner, K. Graham, W. J. Kennedy, L. D. Lees, Robert Arthur Owens, Mrs G. Peake, V. C. Smith, S. D. Tye
Tauranga City Council
1968-1971
Sir Robert Arthur Owens
29 October 1968-25 October 1977
'Bob Owens'
G. R. Cantwell, E. A. Niederer, J. E. Wills, G. M. Mason, D. W. Breckon, V. C. Smith
