Mayors down the years

Invercargill has been served by 43 Mayors since 1871. William Wood was the first Mayor; C.S. Longuet was the Mayor when "Greater" Invercargill was created on January 10, 1910, and J.D. Campbell was the Mayor when Invercargill was proclaimed a city on March 1, 1930.

The city's only female Mayor was the late Eve Poole. Current Mayor Tim Shadbolt is the longest-serving leader of the city.

1. William Wood MLC 1871-72, 1872-73	2. George Lumsden 1873-1874, 1878-1879	3. Thomas Pratt 1874-1875
4. J.W. Mitchell 1875-1876, 1889-1890	5. J.R. Cuthbertson 1876-1877	6. Joseph Hatch 1877-1878
7. G. Goodwillie 1879-1880	8. N. Johnson 1880-1881	9. H. Jaggers 1881-1882
10. J. Kingsland 1882-1883	11. W.S. Moir 1883-1884	12. Geo. Frogatt 1884-1885, 1902-1903
13. J.L. McDonald 1885-1886	14. D. Roche 1886-1887	15.E.A. Tapper 1887-1888

• Mayors 1888 to 1927

  Mayors 1888 to 1927

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• Mayors 1927-today.

  Mayors 1927-today.

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