Mayor of Petone

The Mayor of Petone officiated over the Petone Borough of New Zealand, which was administered by the Petone Borough Council. The office existed from 1882 until 1989, when Petone Borough was amalgamated into the Hutt City Council as part of the 1989 local government reforms. There were seventeen holders of the office.

History

There were two sets of mayors who were related. George Thomas London and his son, George, were both mayors. Likewise Joseph Mitchell and Lily Annie Huggan were spouses. When Joe died in 1957 his wife won the by-election to replace him as mayor. In 1968, George Gee, a Chinese-New Zealand greengrocer, was elected the mayor of Petone, the first Asian mayor in New Zealand history.

Upon amalgamation into the Hutt City Council, Petone's last mayor, Ted Woolf, stood for Mayor of Lower Hutt in 1989. He was unsuccessful but was elected a councillor for the new Harbour Ward.

List of mayors

John William McEwan (1907–1927)

Ralph Love (1965–1968)

Mayors of Petone were:

Key

Labour

Citizens'

United Petone

†: Died in office

	Name	Term
1	William James Kirk	1882–1888
2	Samuel Raymond Johnson	1888–1889
3	Richard Clement Kirk	1889–1891
4	Richard Mothes	1891–1892
(3)	Richard Clement Kirk	1892–1901
(4)	Richard Mothes	1901–1903
5	George Thomas London	1903–1907
6	John William McEwan	1907–1927
7	David McKenzie	1927–1934†
8	Albert Scholefield	1934–1938
9	George London	1938–1944
10	Harold Green	1944–1947
11	Alexander MacFarlane	1947–1950
12	Joe Huggan	1950–1957†
13	Annie Huggan	1957–1965
14	Ralph Love	1965–1967
-	Joe May	1967
(14)	Ralph Love	1967–1968
15	George Gee	1968–1980
16	Ron Marston	1980–1986
17	Ted Woolf	1986–1989

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