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 Peter Revell, first elected in October 2025 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.
List of office holders There have been ten mayors of Thames-Coromandel. The following is a complete list:
Name Portrait Term1 Henry Kennedy 1975–19772 Leonard Braddock 1977–19833 John Campbell 1983–19894Alasdair Thompson 1989–19985Chris Lux 1998–20046 Philippa Barriball 2004–20107Glenn Leach 2010–20168Sandra Goudie 2016–20229Len Salt2022–202510Peter Revell2025–present
Deputy mayors Name Term Mayor Bruce Scott 1992–1995 Thompson Philippa Barriball 2001–2004 Lux Adrian Catran 2004–2010 Barriball Peter French 2010–2016 Leach Tony Brljevich 2016–2022 GoudieTerry Walker2022–2025Salt John Grant2025–presentRevell
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