The mayor of Rotorua officiates over the Rotorua Lakes District of New Zealand, which is administered by the Rotorua Lakes Council. An elected borough council first came together in February 1923; prior to that, the area had effectively been under government control. Rotorua has had 15 mayors as of 2022, and the current mayor is Tania Tapsell.
List of office holders
Name Portrait Term1 Cecil Clinkard 1923–19272 Thomas McDowell 1927–19283 John N. McLean 1928–19294 Thomas Jackson 1929–19415 Harry D. Dansey 1941–19426 Prentice A. Kusabs 1942–19477 Alexander Moncur 1947–19538 Murray Linton 1953–19719 Ray Boord 1971–197710 Ray Woolliams 1977–197911 John Keaney 1979–199312 Grahame Hall 1993–200413 Kevin Winters 2004–201314 Steve Chadwick 2013–202215 Tania Tapsell 2022–present
Members of Parliament Four mayors have also been Members of Parliament, and all of them represented the Rotorua electorate (the years in brackets give their term in Parliament): Cecil Clinkard (1928–1935) Alexander Moncur (1935–1943) Ray Boord (1954–1960) Steve Chadwick (1999–2011)
List of deputy mayors
Died in office +NameTermMayorJohnny Lepper1986–2002KeaneyHallTrevor Maxwell2002–2013HallWintersDave Donaldson2013–2022ChadwickSandra Kai Fong2022–presentTapsell
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