Mayor of Onehunga


The Mayor of Onehunga officiated over the Onehunga Borough of New Zealand, which was administered by the Onehunga Borough Council. The office existed from 1877 until 1989, when Onehunga Borough and was amalgamated into the new Auckland City Council as part of the 1989 local government reforms. There were 24 holders of the office.
In 1894 Elizabeth Yates was elected Mayor of Onehunga becoming the first female mayor anywhere in the British Empire and second in the world.

List of mayors

Mayors of Onehunga were:
Key
NameTerm
1John Dickenson Jackson1877
2James William Waller1877–1878
3Thomas George Blakey1878–1879
4George Codlin1879–1880
Thomas George Blakey1880–1881
George Codlin1881–1883
5William George Scott1883–1884
John Dickenson Jackson1884–1885
William George Scott1885–1886
6Robert Close Erson1886–1887
7Charles Colville Fleming1887–1888
8Michael Yates1888–1892
Robert Close Erson1892–1893
9Elizabeth Yates1893–1894
10Donald Sutherland1894–1897
11Frederick William Court1897–1898
Robert Close Erson1898–1901
Donald Sutherland1901–1904
12Angus Gordon1905–1906
13John Rowe1906–1917
14John James Boyd1917
15John Stoupe1917–1919
16John Park1919–1923
17James Edward Cowell1923–1927
18William Charles Coldicutt1927–1929
19Edward Morton1929–1935
John Park1935–1938
20Archer Garside1938–1941
John Park1941–1944
Archer Garside1944–1959
21Leo Manning1959–1968
22Gerrard Beeson1968–1974
Leo Manning1974–1980
23John Henderson1980–1986
24Graham Johnson Mountjoy1986–1989