The mayor of South Taranaki officiates over the South Taranaki District of New Zealand's North Island.^[1]

History

The South Taranaki District was formed in the 1989 local government reforms. Pierce Joyce was the first mayor^[2] until he was beaten in the 1992 local elections by Mary Bourke.^[3] Bourke retired at the 2007 local elections and was replaced by Ross Dunlop.^[4] Phil Nixon is the current mayor of South Taranaki.^[1] He won the mayoral election by a large margin in October 2019 after Dunlop did not seek re-election.^[4]

List of mayors of South Taranaki

South Taranaki has had four mayors:

	Name	Portrait	Term
1	Pierce Joyce		1989–1992
2	Mary Bourke		1992–2007
3	Ross Dunlop		2007–2019
4	Phil Nixon		2019–present

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