The mayor of Hastings is the elected head of local government in the Hastings District of New Zealand's North Island; one of 67 mayors in the country. The principal town of the district (and its namesake) is Hastings. The mayor presides over the Hastings District Council and is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method.
The first mayor was Robert Wellwood, and the current mayor is Wendy Schollum, first elected in the 2025 election.
List of mayors
+ AffiliationMayorPortraitTerm 1 Independent Robert Wellwood(18361927) 18861887 2 Independent George Ellis(18371928)18871890 3 Independent William Fletcher Burnett(18481893) 18901891 (2) Independent George Ellis(18371928)18911894 4 Independent Cecil Fitzroy(18441917)18941899 5 Independent William Dennett(18451928) 18991904 6 Independent William Lane19041905 (5) Independent William Dennett(18451928) 19051906 7 Independent Thomas Thompson(18551938)19061909 8 Independent John Miller(18691940) 19091911 9 Independent James Garnett(18561913) 19111913 10 Independent William Hart(18631939) 19131917 11 Independent Horace Simson(18741954) 19171919 12 Independent George Ebbett(18721954)19191921 (10) Independent William Hart(18631939) 19211922 13 Independent George Maddison(18871949) 1922192914 IndependentGeorge Roach(18661934)1929–Position vacant (November 1929) (14) Independent George Roach(18661934)19291933 (13) Independent George Maddison(18871949) 19331941 15 Citizens Algernon Rainbow(18851969)19411947 16 Citizens Robert Douglas Brown(19011963)19471953 17 Ed Bate(19011999)19531959 18 Ron Giorgi(19071997)19591974 19 Jim O'Connor(19362000)19741986 20 Independent Jeremy Dwyer (19472005)19862001 21 Independent Lawrence Yule( 1963) 20012017 22 Independent Sandra Hazlehurst( 1959) 20172025 23 Independent Wendy Schollum 2025present
List of deputy mayors
Died in office +NameTermMayorJ. Nelson WilliamsOctober–November 1894FitzroyW. BeilbySeptember–December 1899George Ellis January–February 1907ThompsonA. A. George1908 W. H. Smith1909–Miller Thomas Styles–1921Miller?GarnettHartSimsonEbbett D. E. Davis1921–1922Hart George Maddison 1922 T. Clarkson 1922–1923Maddison F. W. Cook 1923–1925 Matthew Johnson1925–1927 S. J. McKee (acting)1927–1929 Robert Henderson1929–1933RoachVacantRoach Algernon Rainbow1933–1941Maddison S. Ashcroft 1941–1946RainbowBrown Alexander Kirkpatrick1946–1962BrownBateGiorgi J. K. Agnew1962–1968GiorgiUnknown–E. J. Velvin1971Unknown–J. C. Mackersey1974Connor Unknown–1989– Selwyn John Begley1989–1992Dwyer Unknown1992– Harry Romanes1994 Unknown–2001 Cynthia Bowers2001–2016Yule Sandra Hazlehurst2016–2017 Simon Nixon (acting)2017 Hazlehurst (acting) Tania Kerr2017–2025Hazlehurst Michael Fowler2025–presentSchollum
Elections Hastings Borough Council Annual
Biennial
Triennial
Hastings City Council
Hastings District Council
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