Talk:Mayor of Christchurch

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Merge?[edit]

Does this really deserve its own article? I'm for merging this stuff with Christchurch, is anyone for or against that? --Yogi de 06:41, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'd merge it with Christchurch City Council, myself.Mr gronk (talk) 20:22, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's enough material for it to deserve its own article. There are pages like this for most of the bigger places in New Zealand; refer to Category:Lists of mayors of places in New Zealand Schwede 66 22:55, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't Merge[edit]

Keep seperate as for other main centres. And I suppose Edward Brenchley Bishop 1866 is also Edward B. Bishop 1873-74? Hugo999 (talk) 10:31, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes - fixed it. Schwede 66 15:36, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And John Ollivier 1856-60 is the City of Chch MP 1856-60, and came second in the 1889 by-election? Hugo999 (talk) 10:33, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but Christchurch Country, not the urban electorate. And yes, he gave it another shot later on. Schwede 66 15:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Years of mayoralty for early mayors[edit]

I've changed the years of mayoralty for the early mayors (up to 1899) and this is now no longer in sync with the main source, i.e. the list as shown on the Christchurch City Council website. The reason for this is quite simple - mayoral elections in the 19th century were held annually in around October or November, with the incoming mayor always being installed in December. Sometimes, the new mayor would chair the remaining council meetings in December, and sometimes, the installation was the last thing that was done prior to the xmas break. Either way, a mayoralty starts with being installed as mayor, and what I've seen so far, that was always done in December of the year prior to what is recorded by CCC in their list. Elections for both mayors and councillors were held annually prior to 1915, and a mayor installed in say December 1890 would be replaced by a new mayor in December 1891. CCC would record such a mayoralty as '1891', whilst it is recorded here as '1890–1891'.

It's my plan to write bios for all of the mayors, and when I get each one done, I shall put a reference for the respective year range in the table. Feel free to discuss this if you see this differently. Schwede 66 04:01, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Needs Updating[edit]

we had the Mayoral election in 2022 in which Phil Mauger became Mayor. This isn't in the article yet Theo molteno (talk) 21:24, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's a wiki, i.e. anyone can edit the article. If you feel that something is missing, please add it. Schwede 66 08:07, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]