Mayor of Grey


The Mayor of Grey, often referred to as the Mayor of Greymouth, officiates over the Grey District of New Zealand which is administered by the Grey District Council with its seat in Greymouth. The current Mayor is Tania Gibson. Two predecessors to this office were the Mayor of Greymouth, officiating over the Greymouth Borough Council from 1868, and from 1877 the chairman of the Grey County Council.

History

The Greymouth Borough was constituted in 1868 under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1867. This covered the urban area of Greymouth.
After provincial government had been abolished in 1876, counties were formed in the following year. One of those was Grey County that covered an area around Greymouth. The first chairman of Grey County was Arthur Guinness.
Greymouth Borough and Grey County were abolished in the 1989 local government reforms, when the areas became part of Grey District. Since then, the head of the administration has been the mayor of Grey.

List of mayors and chairmen

Mayors of Greymouth Borough

The first elections were held in Greymouth Borough on 26 August 1868, when nine councillors were elected. Even before the councillors met for the first time, it was discovered that the legislation required for three of them to retire by rotation on 10 September. All three councillors stood for re-election, but one of them was replaced by Edward Masters. At the first meeting of the council in the following week, Masters was elected the first Mayor of Greymouth by his fellow councillors.
Barry Dallas was mayor of Greymouth from 1966 to 1968, and from 1980 until the borough's abolition in 1989. He then became the inaugural mayor of the new Grey District.
NameTermNotes
1Edward Masters1868–1870
2Joseph Kilgour1870
3Edward Wickes1871–1872
4George Glen1873
5William Simpson Smith1874
6George William Moss1875–1876First Ratepayer Election
7Francis Hamilton1877–1878
8Richard Nancarrow1879–1881
9James Barkley1882–1883
10Fritz Carl Dupre1884
11John Griffiths Thomas1885
8Richard Nancarrow1886second period
12Joseph Petrie1887–1888Mayor paid 100pounds annually. Last Borough to pay in NZ
13John Mitchell1889–1890
14Andrew Matheson1891–1892
15William Robert Kettle1893–1894
16Frederick Barrington Waters1894
17Felix Campbell1894–1895
18Jacob Theodore Skoglund1896–1898
14Andrew Matheson1899–1903second period
19Jesse Steer1903–1904
20James Andrew Petrie1904–1907
12Joseph Petrie1907–1908second period
21Thomas Eldon Coates1908–1910
22Alfred Charles Russell1910–1912
23George Edward Perkins1912–1917
24James Daniel Lynch1917–1923
25William Henry Parfitt1923–1927
26John Webber Greenslade1927–19359 years service
27William Meldrum1935–1938
28Frederick Arthur Kitchingham1938–19479 years service
29Francis Frederick Boustridge1947–1950
30Frederick Lovell Turley1950-1953
31Frederick William Baillie1954–196512 years service
32Barry Dallas1965–1968
33Ossie Jackson1968-198012 years service
32Barry Dallas1980–1989second period

Chairmen of the Grey County

NameTermNotes
1Arthur Guinness1877–1884
2John Mangan Clifford1885
3John Warren1886
1Arthur Guinness18872nd period
4Denis Ryall1888
5James Marshall1889
6Patrick Foley1890
7William McKechnie1891
8J. McCarthy1892
9Michael Hannan1893
10R. Larkin1894
11James Finn1895
12James Hargreaves1896
13S. R. Harris1897
8J. McCarthy1898
9Michael Hannan1899
5James Marshall19002nd period
7William McKechnie19012nd period
4Denis Ryall1902
10R. Larkin1903
11James Finn1904
12James Hargreaves1905
13S. R. Harris1906
8J. McCarthy1907
9Michael Hannan1908
5James Marshall19093rd period
14John Tindale1910
15John Ryall1911
10R. Larkin1912
9Michael Hannan1913
8J. McCarthy1914
16P. Ryder1915
15John Ryall19162nd period
9Michael Hannan1917
8J. McCarthy1918
17D. Baybutt1919
18J. P. Irvine1920
19A. Blair1921
8J. McCarthy1921
20J. W. Hannan1922–1923
21P. Donnellan1924
20J. W. Hannan1925
17D. Baybutt1926
15John Ryall19273rd period
22A. Robinson1928
20J. W. Hannan1929
23W. T. Ogilvie1930
15John Ryall19314th period
20J. W. Hannan1932
24G. Blair1933
25J. Mulcare1934
20J. W. Hannan1935
15John Ryall19365th period
20J. W. Hannan1937–1938
15John Ryall19396th period
20J. W. Hannan1940
26H. G. Carter1941
25J. Mulcare1942
27W. Fisher1943
28R. Clark1944
15John Ryall19457th period
20J. W. Hannan1946–1947
29J. Ryan1948
25J. Mulcare1949
20J. W. Hannan1950
28R. Clark1951
30T. G. Jamieson1952
15John Ryall19538th period; died 26 May 1953
31J. Clayton1953–1954
29J. Ryan1955
32D. J. Ryall1956
33M. K. Molloy1957
34J. Shields1958
31J. Clayton1959
35D. R. Gibbens1960
32D. J. Ryall1961
36A. D. Kennedy1962
33M. K. Molloy1963
35D. R. Gibbens1964
37R. Aynsley1965
31J. Clayton1966
33M. K. Molloy1966
38B. Myer1967
32D. J. Ryall1968–1970
39D. J. Truman1971–1978
40C. H. McLellan1979–1980
41R. W. Smithem1981–1989

Mayors of Grey District