Auckland City
Auckland Borough Council
Archibald Clark 1851 - 1852
Auckland City Council
Dr. Walter Lee (Chairman) 1854 - 1855
Auckland City Council 1871 -
The first two mayors were appointed by the council and those thereafter popularly elected. Until 1915 the mayors' term was annual; for the next twenty years there was a biennial term and from 1935 it was triennial.
| Philip Aaron Philips |
1871 - 1874 |
| Henry Isaacs |
1874 |
| Frederick Prime |
1874 - 1875 |
| Benjamin Tonks |
1875 - 1876 |
| William Hurst |
1876 - 1877 |
| Henry Brett |
1877 - 1878 |
| Thomas Peacock |
1878 - 1880 |
| James Clark |
1880 - 1883 |
| William Waddel |
1883 - 1886 |
| Albert Devore |
1886 - 1889 |
| John Upton |
1889 - 1891 |
| William Crowther |
1891 - 1893 |
| James Job Holland |
1893 - 1896 |
| Abraham Boardman |
1896 - 1897 |
| Peter Dignan |
1897 - 1898 |
| David Goldie |
1898 - 1901 |
| Sir John Logan Campbell |
1901 |
| Alfred Kidd |
1901 - 1903 |
| Sir Edwin Mitchelson |
1903 - 1905 |
| Sir Arthur Myers |
1905 - 1909 |
| Charles Grey |
1909 - 1910 |
| Lemuel Bagnall |
1910 - 1911 |
| Sir Christopher Parr |
1911 - 1915 |
| Sir James Gunson |
1915 - 1925 |
| George Baildon |
1925 - 1931 |
| George Hutchison |
1931 - 1935 |
| Sir Ernest Davis |
1935 - 1941 |
| Sir John Allum |
1941 - 1952 |
| John Luxford |
1953 - 1956 |
| Thomas Ashby |
1956 - 1957 |
| Keith Buttle |
1957 - 1959 |
| Sir Dove-Myer Robinson |
1959 - 1965 |
| Dr. Roy McElroy |
1965 - 1968 |
| Sir Dove-Myer Robinson |
1968 - 1980 |
| Colin Kay |
1980 - 1983 |
| Dame Catherine Tizard |
1983 - 1990 |
| Leslie Roy Mills |
1990 - 1998 |
| Christine Fletcher |
1998 - 2001 |
| John Banks |
2001 - 2004 |
| Richard Hubbard |
2004 - 2007 |
John Banks 2007 -
Sources: A history of Auckland City to 1989, by Graham Bush and contemporary newspapers.
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Avondale borough
| James Watkin Kinniburgh |
1922 - 1923 |
| William John Tait |
1923 - 1927 |
| Herbert Tiarks |
1927 |
| Edward Ernest Copsey |
1927 |
Ellerslie borough
| Horace James White |
1938 - 1956 |
| Lloyd Elsmore |
1956 - 1962 |
| Alan Trevor Bell |
1962 - 1974 |
| W. E. Brewster |
1974 - 1980 |
| Leon Clarence Leicester |
1980 - 1989 |
Sources: contemporary newspapers.
Grey Lynn borough
| Samuel Carey Brown |
1893 |
| Thomas English |
1893 - 1894 |
| Richard Warnock |
1894 - 1896 |
| John Wilson Schackelford |
1896 - 1899 |
| Richard Warnock |
1899 - 1903 |
| John Wilson Schackelford |
1903 - 1904 |
| John Farrell |
1904 - 1907 |
| George Sayers |
1907 - ? |
| William John Holdsworth |
? - 1911 |
| Walter Henry Murray |
1911 - 1912 |
| George Baildon |
1912 - 1914 |
Mount Albert borough and city
| Michael J. Coyle |
1911 - 1914 |
| Murdoch McLean |
1914 - 1917 |
| T.B. Clay |
1917 - 1921 |
| A.F. Bennett |
1921 - 1923 |
| Leonard Edgar Rhodes |
1923 - 1931 |
| W.F. Stilwell |
1931 - 1933 |
| R. Ferner |
1933 - 1936 |
| Henry Albert Anderson |
1936 - 1958 |
| Frank Turner |
1959 - 1968 |
| Frank Ryan |
1968 - 1989 |
Sources: Scott, Dick - In old Mount Albert, page 75 facing, and contemporary newspapers.
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Mount Eden borough
| Oliver Nicholson |
1906 - 1918 |
| Charles Hudson |
1918 - 1920 |
| John W. Shackleford |
1920 - 1923 |
| Rev. James Leslie Allan Kayll |
May to August 1923 |
| Ernest Herbert Potter |
1923 - 1931 |
| Thomas McNab |
1931 - 1938 |
| Robert J. Mills |
1938 - 1950 |
| Alton Clive Johns |
1950 - 1959 |
| P.G. Dickinson |
1959 - 1962 |
| Ernest W. Turner |
1962 - 1968 |
| Robert Claude Mills |
1968 - 1974 |
| R.A. Gribble |
1974 - 1977 |
| W.N. Barton |
1977 - 1983 |
| Philippa A. Cunningham |
1983 - 1986 |
| Gordon B. Johns |
1986 - 1989 |
Sources: Angelo, Faye - The changing face of Mount Eden, page 85, Franklin, E.C. - Mount Eden's first hundred years, page 46, and contemporary newspapers.
Mount Roskill borough
| C.M. McCullough |
1947 - 1950 |
| Philip Ernest Potter |
1950 - 1953 |
| Keith Hay |
1953 - 1974 |
| Richard (Dick) Noel Fickling |
1974 - 1987 |
| David Hay |
1987 - 1989 |
Sources: contemporary newspapers.
Mount Wellington borough
| Robert Millen McCulloch |
1952 - 1974 |
| Henry James Bean |
1974 - 1989 (Tamaki City 1986-9) |
Sources: Baker, R.A. - From bush to borough, and contemporary newspapers.
Newmarket borough
| William J. Suiter |
1885 - 1887 |
| William Morgan |
1887 - 1891 |
| George Kent |
1891 - 1893 |
| F.G. Clayton |
1893 - 1895 |
| J.M. Laxon |
1895 - 1899 |
| John McColl |
1899 - 1904 |
| Francis Bennett |
1904 - 1909 |
| Ernest Davis |
1909 - 1911 |
| David Teed |
1911 - 1915 |
| James McColl |
1915 - 1917 |
| Christopher Leek |
1917 - 1921 |
| S. Donaldson |
1921 - 1944 |
| R.E. Newport |
9 March 1944 - 27 May 1944 |
| Charles Hugh Kay Mountain |
27 May 1944 - 31 January 1947 |
| E. Philpott |
5 February 1947 - 1953 |
| G.A. Hardley |
1953 - 1957 |
| William (Bill) White |
1958 - 1974 |
| David H. Lumsden |
1974 - 1989 |
Sources: Male, K.G. - Newmarket, a brief 104 years illustrated ..., page 8, and contemporary newspapers.
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One Tree Hill borough
| J.S. Hardwick |
1930 - 1931 |
| Israel Joseph Goldstine |
1931 - 1947 |
| Brian Preston Stevenson |
1947 - 1956 |
| Francis William Laidlaw Milne |
1956 - October 1968 |
| W.A. Race |
October 1968 - July 1971 |
| L.R. Harley |
July 1971 - October 1971 |
| H.C. Sadgrove |
October 1971 - 1974 |
| John Morton Dickey |
1974 - 1989 |
Sources: annual financial reports and contemporary newspapers.
Onehunga borough
| John Dickenson Jackson |
?1877 - November 1877, November 1884 - November 1885 |
| James W. Waller |
November 1877 - November 1879, November 1880 - November 1881 |
| Thomas C. Blakey |
November 1880 - November 1881 |
| G. Godin |
November 1879 - November 1880, November 1881 - November 1883 |
| William G. Scott |
November 1883 - November 1884, November 1885 - November 1886 |
| Robert Close Erson |
November 1887 - August 1888, 1892 - 1893, 1898 - 1901 |
| Charles G. Fleming |
August 1888 - November 1888 |
| Michael Yates |
November 1888 - November 1891, November 1891 - 1892 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Yates |
1893 - 1894 |
| Donald A. Sutherland |
1894 - 1897, 1901 - 1904 |
| Frederick W. Court |
1897 - 1898 |
| Angus W. Gordon |
1905 |
| John Rowe |
1906 - 1917 |
| John James Boyd |
1917 |
| John Stoupe |
1917 - 1919 |
| John Park |
1919 - 1923, 1935 - 1938, 1941 - 1944 |
| James E. Cowell |
1923 - 1927 |
| William C Coldicutt |
1927 - 1929 |
| Edward Morton |
1929 - 1935 |
| Archer Garside |
1938 - 1941, 1944 - 1959 |
| Leo Abraham Manning |
1959 - 1968, 1974 - 1980 |
| Thomas Victor Gerard Beeson |
1968 - 1974 |
| John Lawrence Henderson |
1980 - 1986 |
| Graham Johnson Mountjoy |
1986 - 1989 |
Sources: Mogford, Janice C. - Onehunga heritage, page 147, and contemporary newspapers.
Otahuhu borough
| Alfred Sturgess |
1912 - 1915 |
| James Atkinson |
1915 - 1917 |
| Alfred MacDonald |
1917 - 1921 |
| Robert Todd |
1921 - 1929 |
| Hubert (Thomas) Clements |
1929 - 1935 |
| Charles Petrie |
1935 - 1944 |
| Albert Murdoch |
1944 - 1950 |
| James Deas |
1950 - 1954 |
| Jack Murdoch |
1954 - 1962 |
| Robert Ashby |
1962 - 1965 |
| Aubray Bedingfield |
1965 - 1970 |
| Claude Handisides |
1970 - 1977 |
| Niall Frederick Burgess |
1977 - 1986 |
Sources: A brief history of Otahuhu, and contemporary newspapers.
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Parnell borough
| Henry Matthew Nation |
1877 |
| J.W. Melton |
1877 - 1878 |
| William Coleman |
1878 - 1879 |
| J.W. Robinson |
1879 - 1880 |
| J. Friar Clark |
1880 - 1881 |
| Robert Walker |
1881 - 1883 |
| D.H. McKenzie |
1883 - 1885 |
| Jonathan Winks |
1885 - 1887 |
| Seymour Thorne George |
1887 - 1888 |
| H.B. Sealy |
1888 - 1891 |
| Seymour Thorne George |
1891 - 1892 |
| John McCabe |
1892 - 1894 |
| George S. Kissling |
1894 - 1895 |
| Spencer Von Sturmer |
1895 - 1896 |
| Joseph Thornes |
1896 - 1897 |
| N.W. Pollard |
1897 - 1898 |
| Hugh Campbell |
1898 - 1903 |
| John Fitt |
1903 - 1906 |
| George W. Basley |
1906 - 1909 |
| Richard Stevenson Briggs |
1909 - 1913 |
Sources: Various sources.
Waiheke county
| John (Jack) William Mcintosh |
1 April 1970 - 15 October 1970, October 1971 - 1977 |
| A.E Forrest |
October 1970 - September 1971 |
| Kerry A. Greer |
1977 - 1978 |
| L. Faulconbridge |
1978 - 1980, February 1981 - 1983 |
| Ron L. Gay |
1980 - February 1981 |
| Alan J. Murray |
1983 - 1989 |
| Sandra R. Te H. Lee |
1989 |
Sources: Gulf News, 27 October 1989, p 19, 21 - 22, and contemporary newspapers. Note that prior to this there were separate road boards: Orapiu 1921 - 1955, Ostend 1921 - 1947, Western Waiheke 1947 - 1955 and Waiheke 1955 - 1970.
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