Mayor of Lower Hutt

Mayor of Lower Hutt
Mayor of Lower Hutt
	Coat of arms of Lower Hutt
	Incumbent; Campbell Barry; since 2019
Style	His Worship
Member of	Hutt City Council
Term length	Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder	William Fitzherbert
Formation	1891
Deputy	Tui Lewis
Salary	$158,000
Website	Official website

The city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, was first proclaimed a borough on 1 February 1891. Prior to this it had been part of Hutt County, initially as a Roads Board and from 1881 as a Town Board.^[2]

Since 2019, the mayor has been Campbell Barry.^[3]

History

The Hutt County Council was established in 1877, covering the region from Wellington's south coast up to Waikanae, excluding Wellington City. The county council was headed by a chairman rather than a mayor. As the region grew, urban parts of the Hutt County became autonomous boroughs with Lower Hutt becoming its own borough in 1891 with a borough council headed by a mayor to be directly elected by ratepayers. William Fitzherbert was elected unopposed with six borough councillors also being elected.^[4] From the 1920s on population grew quickly and in 1941 Lower Hutt became a city after reaching the required population of 20,000 for city status.^[5] As a result of the 1989 local government reforms Lower Hutt City amalgamated several of the neighbouring authorities including the Petone Borough Council, Eastbourne Borough Council and Hutt County Council (centred on Wainuiomata) as well as land on the waterfront formerly in the possession of the Wellington Harbour Board.^[6] The sitting mayor of Lower Hutt City was elected as mayor of the expanded Hutt City Council in 1989, however retaining the title mayor of Lower Hutt despite the "Lower" being dropped from the name of the council.^[7]

The longest-serving mayor was Percy Dowse who held office for twenty years, from 1950 to 1970.^[8]

List of mayors

Mayors of Lower Hutt have been:^[9]

Key

Independent Citizens' Labour

#	Name	Term of office
1	William Fitzherbert	1 February 1891	18 November 1898
2	Walter George Foster	18 November 1898	5 March 1900
3	Edmund Percy Bunny	5 March 1900	24 April 1901
4	Orton Stevens	24 April 1901	26 April 1905
5	Thomas William McDonald	26 April 1905	1 May 1907
6	Thomas Peterkin	1 May 1907	6 May 1909
(3)	Edmund Percy Bunny	6 May 1909	7 May 1914
7	Henry Baldwin	7 May 1914	8 April 1918
8	Percy Rishworth	27 April 1918	21 December 1921
9	Will Strand	21 December 1921	16 May 1929
10	Sir Alex Roberts	16 May 1929	13 May 1931
(9)	Will Strand	13 May 1931	10 May 1933
11	Jack Andrews	10 May 1933	9 June 1947
12	Ernst Peterson Hay	9 June 1947	20 January 1949
13	William Gregory	14 March 1949	18 November 1950
14	Percy Dowse	18 November 1950	9 December 1970
15	Sir John Kennedy-Good	21 December 1970	24 October 1986
16	Glen Evans	24 October 1986	31 October 1995
17	John Terris	31 October 1995	10 October 2004
18	David Ogden	10 October 2004	9 October 2010
19	Ray Wallace	9 October 2010	12 October 2019
20	Campbell Barry	12 October 2019	present

List of deputy mayors

Key

Independent Citizens' Labour

Name		Term of office
	William Henry Russell	1908	1909	Peterkin
Vacant
	Henry Baldwin	1910	1911	Bunny
Vacant
	John Brassell	1918		Baldwin
Vacant
	Archibald John Hobbs	1925	1931	Strand
	Archibald John Hobbs	1925	1931	Roberts
	John Mitchell	1931	1944	Andrews
	Ernst Peterson Hay	1944	1947	Andrews
	William Gregory	1947	1949	Hay
	Eric Rothwell	1949	1950	Gregory
	Harry Horlor	1950	1956	Dowse
	James McDonald	1956	1959
	George Barker	1959	1962
	Chen Werry	1962	1968
	Dave Hadley	1968	1971
	Dave Hadley	1968	1971	Kennedy-Good
	John Seddon	1971	1974
	Chen Werry	1974	1977
	Ernie Barry	1977	1980
	Mollie Ngan Kee	1980	1983
	Teri Puketapu	1983	1989
	Teri Puketapu	1983	1989	Evans
	Betty van Gaalen	1989	1995	Evans
	Joan Monrad	1995	1998	Terris
	Pat Brosnan	1998	2001
	Ray Wallace	2001	2004
	Roger Styles	2004	2010	Ogden
	David Bassett	2010	2019	Wallace
	Tui Lewis	2019	present	Barry

Notes

^ Fuller, Piers (10 November 2019). "Are our mayors earning their pay rises?". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ McGill 1991, pp. 119–20.
^ Long, Jessica; Tso, Matthew (13 October 2019). "Lower Hutt elects New Zealand's youngest ever mayor, Campbell Barry". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
^ McGill 1991, p. 120.
^ McGill 1991, pp. 152–3.
^ McGill 1991, p. 208.
^ Ewan, Audrey; Elphick, Michael (16 October 1989). "Lower Hutt embraces Evans-led team". The Evening Post. p. 5.
^ "Mr Percy Dowse, Lower Hutt's Mayor for 20 Years, Dies in Hospital at 72". The Evening Post. 9 December 1970. p. 6.
^ McGill 1991, p. 212.

References

McGill, David (1991). Lower Hutt – The First Garden City. Petone, New Zealand: The Lower Hutt City Council. ISBN 1-86956-003-5.

[1] Fuller, Piers (10 November 2019). "Are our mayors earning their pay rises?". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[FOOTNOTEMcGill1991119–20-2] McGill 1991, pp. 119–20.

[3] Long, Jessica; Tso, Matthew (13 October 2019). "Lower Hutt elects New Zealand's youngest ever mayor, Campbell Barry". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[FOOTNOTEMcGill1991120-4] McGill 1991, p. 120.

[FOOTNOTEMcGill1991152–3-5] McGill 1991, pp. 152–3.

[FOOTNOTEMcGill1991208-6] McGill 1991, p. 208.

[7] Ewan, Audrey; Elphick, Michael (16 October 1989). "Lower Hutt embraces Evans-led team". The Evening Post. p. 5.

[8] "Mr Percy Dowse, Lower Hutt's Mayor for 20 Years, Dies in Hospital at 72". The Evening Post. 9 December 1970. p. 6.

[FOOTNOTEMcGill1991212-9] McGill 1991, p. 212.

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