Mayor of Thames-Coromandel

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}{{Infobox official post

| post = Mayor

| body = Thames-Coromandel

| image = Len Salt 2016 portrait (cropped).jpg

| incumbent = Len Salt

| style = His/Her Worship

| incumbentsince = 2022

| seat = Thames

| termlength = 3 years, renewable

| formation = 1975

| first = Henry Kennedy

| deputy = Terry Walker

| salary = $141,188{{Cite web |last=Edmunds |first=Susan |date=13 June 2024 |title=How much your local council gets paid |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/519420/how-much-your-local-council-gets-paid |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=Radio New Zealand }}

| website = [https://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Our-Council/About-our-Council/Mayor-and-District-Councillors Official website]

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The mayor of Thames-Coromandel is the elected head of local government in the Thames-Coromandel District of New Zealand's North Island; one of 67 mayors in the country. The mayor is based in the town of Thames. The mayor presides over the Thames-Coromandel District Council and is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method

The current mayor is Len Salt, first elected in October 2022 during that year's local elections.

The office has existed since 1975, when the Thames Borough and the Coromandel County were amalgamated. Philippa Barriball was the first female mayor when she was elected in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://archived.ccc.govt.nz/sites/yilg2008/documents/PhilippaBarriballbio_000.pdf |format=PDF |title=Transforming the Future |website=Archived.ccc.govt.nz |access-date=2017-01-02}}

List of office holders

There have been nine mayors of Thames-Coromandel. The following is a complete list:

class="wikitable"

! Name

! Portrait

! Term{{cite web|url=http://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.co.nz/2016/10/thames-nz-thames-coromandel-district.html|title=Thames (NZ): Thames Coromandel District Council Mayors|website=Thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.co.nz|access-date=11 November 2016}}

| Henry Kennedy

| 1975–1977

| Leonard Braddock

| 1977–1983

| John Campbell

| 1983–1989

|Alasdair Thompson{{cite web|url=http://zonta.org.nz/district-16-history/club-histories/club-history-thames-valley/|title=Club History: Thames Valley - Zonta International District 16|website=Zonta.org.nz|access-date=25 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.business-intelligence.co.nz/previous-workshops/2009/workshop-2/|title=Workshop 2|website=Business-intelligence.co.nz|access-date=25 September 2016}}

| 1989–1998

|Chris Lux{{cite web|url=http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/mtfjobs/mtfjobs58.htm|title=Mayors Taskforce for Jobs|website=Jobsletter.org.nz|access-date=25 September 2016}}

| 1998–2004

| Philippa Barriball{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/486924/Thames-mayor-has-stroke|title=Thames mayor has stroke|date=13 June 2008|website=Stuff |access-date=11 November 2016|via=Stuff.co.nz}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680061|title=Thames Coromandel new mayor elected|first=Paul|last=Harper|date=12 October 2010|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald}}

| 2004–2010

|Glenn Leach{{cite web|url=http://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Your-Council/Councillors-and-Community-Board-Members/Glenn-Leach/|title=Thames-Coromandel District Council - Glenn Leach|first=Daleen|last=Pienaar|website=Tcdc.govt.nz|access-date=2017-01-02}}

| 2010–2016

|Sandra Goudie{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/85112584/a-close-finish-for-thamescoromandel-mayor-sandra-goudie|title=Goudie from MP to mayor|website=Stuff |access-date=11 October 2016}}

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| 2016–2022

|Len Salt{{citation|title=2022 Elections Final Results|language=en|work=www.tcdc.govt.nz|access-date=2024-01-15|url=https://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Our-Council/About-our-Council/Elections/2022-Election-Information/2022-Elections-Final-Results|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230210093047/https://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Our-Council/About-our-Council/Elections/2022-Election-Information/2022-Elections-Final-Results|archive-date=2023-02-10|publisher=Thames-Coromandel District Council}}

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|2022–present