The Mayor of Auckland City was the directly elected head of the Auckland City Council

Auckland City Council

Auckland City Council was the local government authority representing Auckland City, New Zealand, and was amalgamated into the Auckland Council on 1 November 2010. It was an elected body representing the 404,658 residents of the city...

, the municipal government of Auckland City

Auckland City

Auckland City was the city and local authority covering the Auckland isthmus and most of the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, in the North Island of New Zealand. On 1 November 2010 it was amalgamated into the wider Auckland Region under the authority of the new Auckland Council...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. The office existed from 1871 to 2010, when Auckland City Council was abolished and replaced with the Auckland Council

Auckland Council

The Auckland Council is the council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the existing regional council and the region's seven previous city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city" governed by a mayor, 20...

.

History

Auckland obtained its first local government in 1851, when the Borough of Auckland was created. This short-lived entity had only one mayor, Archibald Clark

Archibald Clark (politician)

Archibald Clark was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand. He was the first Mayor of Auckland in 1851. His company, Archibald Clark and Sons, manufactured clothing and was a wholesaler.-Early life:...

. When the City of Auckland was formally incorporated in 1871, its City Council was led by a Chairman, Walter Lee

Walter Lee (New Zealand)

Walter Lee was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He represented the Northern Division in the 1st Parliament and the 2nd Parliament; serving from 1853 to 1860, when he retired....

. Soon afterwards the office of Mayor of Auckland was created. There were 39 holders of the position. The longest-serving was Sir Dove-Myer Robinson

Dove-Myer Robinson

Sir Dove-Myer Robinson was Mayor of Auckland City from 1959 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1980, the longest tenure of any holder of the office....

, who held the post for 18 years, and was the first person to serve non-consecutive terms. There were two female Mayors; Catherine Tizard

Catherine Tizard

Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, was Mayor of Auckland City and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand, the first woman to hold either office.-Early life:...

 in 1983 and Christine Fletcher

Christine Fletcher

Christine Fletcher, QSO is an Auckland Council councillor and also prominent for her former New Zealand politics positions, both in Parliament and as Mayor of Auckland City. She was the second woman to serve as mayor of Auckland...

 in 1998.

The city council was abolished on 31 October 2010 and the area became part of the greater Auckland area.

Auckland City (1871–2010)

	Name	Term
1	Philip Philips Philip Philips Philip Philips was the first Mayor of Auckland City who held the office from 1871 to 1874....	1871–1874
2	Henry Isaacs	1874
3	Frederick Prime	1874–1875
4	Benjamin Tonks Benjamin Tonks Benjamin Tonks was a 19th century Mayor and Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1875 to 1876....	1875–1876
5	William Hurst William John Hurst William John Hurst was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand and Mayor of Auckland.He represented the Auckland West electorate from the 1879 election to 1881, and then the Waitemata electorate from the 1881 election to 1886 when he died.-References:*New Zealand Parliamentary Record...	1876–1877
6	Henry Brett	1877–1878
7	Thomas Peacock Thomas Peacock (politician) Thomas Peacock was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Auckland North electorate from 1881 to 1884, then Newton from 1884 to 1887, then Ponsonby from 1887 to 1890, when he retired.-References:...	1878–1880
8	James Clark James Clark (New Zealand) James McCosh Clark was Mayor of Auckland in the 1880s. He was a successful businessman until many of his ventures failed during the depression of the 1880s, which caused him to return to England for the last decade of his life...	1880–1883
9	William Waddel	1883–1886
10	Albert Devore	1886–1889
11	John Upton	1889–1891
12	William Crowther William Crowther (New Zealand) William Crowther was a Liberal Party then independent conservative Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the City of Auckland multi-member electorate from 1893 to 1900, when he died. The resulting by-election on 27 April 1900 was won by Joseph Witheford.-References:...	1891–1893
13	James Holland	1893–1896
14	Abraham Boardman	1896–1897
15	Peter Dignan	1897–1898
16	David Goldie David Goldie David Goldie was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1898 to 1901 and a Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was a prominent timber merchant, and a strict Primitive Methodist who resigned as Mayor of Auckland rather than toast the visiting Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York with alcohol...	1898–1901
17	John Logan Campbell John Logan Campbell Sir John Logan Campbell was a prominent New Zealand public figure. He was the son of Doctor John Campbell and his wife Catherine. He was described by his contemporaries as "the father of Auckland".- Early life:...	1901
18	Alfred Kidd Alfred Kidd Alfred Kidd was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.-Early life:He was born at Hounslow, Middlesex, England, and arrived in New Zealand in 1865, at the age of 14. He worked for 7 years in the Thames Goldfields, and then left to take the position of providore for the steamers of the...	1901–1903
19	Edwin Mitchelson Edwin Mitchelson Edwin Mitchelson was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He was a cabinet minister from 1883 to 1884 as Minister of Public Works...	1903–1905
20	Arthur Myers Arthur Myers Sir Arthur Mielziner Myers was a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Auckland City from 1905 to 1909, Member of the House of Representatives from 1910 to 1921, and a Cabinet Minister...	1905–1909
21	Charles Grey	1909–1910
22	Lemuel Bagnall	1910–1911
23	Christopher James Parr Christopher James Parr Christopher James Parr, later known as Sir James Parr was a New Zealand lawyer and politician of the Reform Party. He was Mayor of Auckland from 1911 to 1915, succeeded by Sir James Gunson....	1911–1915
24	James Gunson James Gunson Sir James Henry Gunson was a New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Auckland City from 1915 to 1925. He was knighted in 1924.As Mayor, he undertook the building of Auckland Museum and Cenotaph, the Wintergardens in Auckland Domain and the construction of Tamaki Drive...	1915–1925
25	George Baildon George Baildon George Baildon was a New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Auckland City from 1925 to 1931.Born and educated in Auckland, he was a builder and contractor. He was 4 years on the Archhill Road Board , then on the Grey Lynn Borough Council from 1909 and Mayor from 1912; until Grey Lynn amalgamated...	1925–1931
26	George Hutchison	1931–1935
27	Ernest Davis Ernest Hyam Davis Sir Ernest Hyam Davies was a New Zealand businessman, and was Mayor of Auckland City, New Zealand from 1935 to 1941. He was also on other Auckland local bodies and on various philanthropic and sporting organisations...	1935–1941
28	John Allum John Allum Sir John Andrew Charles Allum was a New Zealand businessman and engineer, and was Mayor of Auckland City from 1941 to 1953.He was born in London and educated at Goldsmiths College. An electrical engineer, he founded Allum Electrical in Auckland in 1922.He was on the Auckland City Council from 1920...	1941–1952
29	John Luxford John Luxford John Hector Luxford was a New Zealand lawyer and Mayor of Auckland City from 1953 to 1956.Born in Palmerston North, he qualified as a solicitor in 1913 and a barrister in 1919. He practised in Te Awamutu, Hamilton and Auckland. He was Chief Judge in Samoa 1929-35 and a magistrate in Auckland 1941-51...	1953–1956
30	Thomas Ashby Thomas Ashby (mayor) Thomas William Mark Ashby was a New Zealand local body administrator and Mayor of Auckland City from 1956 to 1957. He was Auckland Town Clerk 1944-55, and secretary of the committee for the 1950 British Empire Games at Auckland.In November 1956, he defeated the previous mayor John Luxford...	1956–1957
31	Keith Buttle Keith Buttle Keith Nicolson Buttle was a New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Auckland City from 1957 to 1959. He replaced Thomas Ashby in a by-election in November 1957; Ashby died part-way through his term....	1957–1959
32	Dove-Myer Robinson Dove-Myer Robinson Sir Dove-Myer Robinson was Mayor of Auckland City from 1959 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1980, the longest tenure of any holder of the office....	1959–1965
33	Roy McElroy Roy McElroy Dr Roy Granville McElroy was a lawyer, and was Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand from 1965 to 1968. He was a lawyer, trained at the University of Auckland, and the University of Cambridge, where he got a PhD in law in 1935, and was partner in the Auckland law firm of McElroy, Duncan and Preddle...	1965–1968
	Dove-Myer Robinson Dove-Myer Robinson Sir Dove-Myer Robinson was Mayor of Auckland City from 1959 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1980, the longest tenure of any holder of the office.... , 2nd time	1968–1980
34	Colin Kay Colin Kay Colin Kay CBE was a New Zealand sportsman and politician. He was the 34th Mayor of Auckland City, elected for one term serving from 1980 to 1983, and chairman of the Auckland Regional Council from 1986 to 1992...	1980–1983
35	Catherine Tizard Catherine Tizard Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, was Mayor of Auckland City and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand, the first woman to hold either office.-Early life:...	1983–1990
36	Les Mills Les Mills Leslie Roy Mills CNZM, MBE, is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in shot put, discus and weightlifting events...	1990–1998
37	Christine Fletcher Christine Fletcher Christine Fletcher, QSO is an Auckland Council councillor and also prominent for her former New Zealand politics positions, both in Parliament and as Mayor of Auckland City. She was the second woman to serve as mayor of Auckland...	1998–2001
38	John Banks John Banks (New Zealand) John Archibald Banks, CNZM QSO is a New Zealand politician. He served as Mayor of Auckland City for two terms, from 2001 to 2004, and from 2007 to 2010...	2001–2004
39	Dick Hubbard Dick Hubbard Richard "Dick" John Hubbard ONZM, DSc is a New Zealand businessman and politician, founder and principal of Hubbards Foods in Auckland, and Mayor of Auckland City from 2004 to 2007. His management of Hubbard Foods gained some prominence for its participation in and promotion of socially...	2004–2007
	John Banks John Banks (New Zealand) John Archibald Banks, CNZM QSO is a New Zealand politician. He served as Mayor of Auckland City for two terms, from 2001 to 2004, and from 2007 to 2010... , 2nd time	2007 – 31 October 2010

External links

• Mayors of Auckland