Mayor of Onehunga

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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.{{DNZB|last=Mogford|first=Janice C.|id=2y1|title=Yates, Elizabeth 1840–1848?–1918|accessdate=7 April 2011}}

List of mayors

Mayors of Onehunga were:{{cite book |last=Mitchell |first=G. G. M. |title=Onehunga, 120 Years Progress 1843–1963 |year=1963 }}

Key

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! Name

! Term

1

| John Dickenson Jackson

| 1877

2

| James William Waller

| 1877–1878

3

| Thomas George Blakey

| 1878–1879

4

| George Codlin

| 1879–1880

(3)

| Thomas George Blakey

| 1880–1881

(4)

| George Codlin

| 1881–1883

5

| William George Scott

| 1883–1884

(1)

| John Dickenson Jackson

| 1884–1885

(5)

| William George Scott

| 1885–1886

6

| Robert Close Erson

| 1886–1887

7

| Charles Colville Fleming

| 1887–1888

8

| Michael Yates

| 1888–1892

(6)

| Robert Close Erson

| 1892–1893

9

| Elizabeth Yates

| 1893–1894

10

| Donald Sutherland

| 1894–1897

11

| Frederick William Court

| 1897–1898

(6)

| Robert Close Erson

| 1898–1901

(10)

| Donald Sutherland

| 1901–1904

12

| Angus Gordon

| 1905–1906

13

| John Rowe

| 1906–1917

14

| John James Boyd

| 1917

15

| John Stoupe

| 1917–1919

16

| John Park

| 1919–1923

17

| James Edward Cowell

| 1923–1927

18

| William Charles Coldicutt

| 1927–1929

19

| Edward Morton

| 1929–1935

(16)

| John Park

| 1935–1938

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| Archer Garside

| 1938–1941

(16)

| John Park

| 1941–1944

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| Archer Garside

| 1944–1959

21

| Leo Manning

| 1959–1968

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| Gerrard Beeson

| 1968–1974

(21)

| Leo Manning

| 1974–1980

23

| John Henderson

| 1980–1986

24

| Graham Johnson Mountjoy

| 1986–1989

References