Mayor of Masterton

Mayor of Masterton
Incumbent Lyn Patterson since October 2013
Style	His/Her Worship
Term length	Three years
Inaugural holder	R.G Williams
Formation	1877

The Mayor of Masterton is the head of the municipal government of Masterton, New Zealand, and presides over the Masterton District Council. - have their own mayors. The Mayor is directly elected using Preferential Voting, commonly, but incorrectly, referred to as STV.

The current Mayor is Lyn Patterson, elected in October 2013.^[1]

List of Mayors of Masterton

#	Name	Term
1	R.G Williams	1877–1878
2	Duncan McGregor	1878–1879
3	Edwin Feist	1879–1880
4	Alfred Renall	1880–1881
5	Alfred Bish	1881–1883
6	William Lowes	1883–1884
7	Myer Caselberg	1884–1887
	Alfred Renall, 2nd time	1887–1889
8	George Heron	1889–1890
9	C.A Pownall	1890–1893
	George Heron, 2nd time	1893–1896
	C.A Pownall, 2nd time	1896–1898
	George Heron, 3rd time	1898–1899
	C.A Pownall, 3rd time	1899–1902
10	Phillip Luscombe Hollings	1902–1903
11	J.M Coradine	1903–1904
12	Joseph Renall	1904–1907
	J.M Coradine, 2nd time	1907–1908
	Phillip Luscombe Hollings, 2nd time	1908–1910
	J.M Coradine, 3rd time	1910–1919
	Joseph Renall, 2nd time	1919–1921
13	Orlando Pragnell	1921–1925
14	Thomas Jordan	1925–1944
15	William Kemp	1944–1953
16	A.J Keir	1953
17	Edward 'Ted' Coddington	1953–1955
18	William.L 'Bill' Marchbank	1955–1962
19	Norman.R 'Norm' Tankersley	1962–1974
20	Frank Cody	1974–1986
22	Bob Francis[2]	1986–2007
23	Garry Daniell[3]	2007–2013
24	Lyn Patterson[4]	2013–present

References

1. Kerry Mcbride (2013-10-12). "Masterton has a new mayor". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
2. "LUSH~talks to retiring Masterton mayor Bob Francis about stepping down after 21 years in the job - Audio Player - Audio". RadioLIVE.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
3. "Daniell makes mayor - Wairarapa Times Age - Wairarapa Times-Age News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
4. "First woman mayor of Masterton - Wairarapa Times Age - Wairarapa Times-Age News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-03-28.