The Mayor of Tauranga is the head of the municipal government of Tauranga

Tauranga

Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, and presides over the Tauranga City Council. The Mayor is directly elected, using the First Past the Post system in 2007.

Tauranga was gazetted as a Borough in 1882, and achieved sufficient population to become a city in 1963. The 1989 Local Body reforms saw the city become part of the Tauranga District, before the City of Tauranga was reproclaimed in 2004.

Elections for mayor were held annually from 1882 up to 1915, when terms become two years. In 1935 terms were made three years, the current system.

The current Mayor is Stuart Crosby

Stuart Crosby

Stuart Crosby is the current Mayor of the city of Tauranga, New Zealand.He officially assumed office on 9 October 2004, and has been re-elected to mayor and has served two terms.-References:...

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List of Mayors of Tauranga

#	Name	Term of Office		Notes
		Start	End
1	George Vesey Stewart	17 March 1882	4 December 1882
2	Richard Coles Jordan	4 December 1882	16 April 1883
3	Thomas Wrigley	16 April 1883	16 December 1885
4	Rev. Charles Jordan	16 December 1885	15 December 1886
5	David Lundon	15 December 1886	28 November 1888
6	James Bodell	28 November 1888	8 December 1889
7	Robert Sharpe Galbraith	8 December 1889	21 February 1890
	David Lundon, 2nd time	7 April 1890	5 January 1893
8	Richard John Gill	5 January 1893	20 December 1893
9	Charles Angus Clarke	20 December 1893	21 December 1898
10	Col. Gerard Arnold Ward	21 December 1898	20 December 1899
11	James Weir Gray	20 December 1899	28 October 1900
	Rev. Charles Jordan, 2nd time	21 November 1900	10 May 1905
12	William McKenzie Commons	13 June 1906	1 May 1907
	Rev. Charles Jordan, 3rd time	1 May 1907	6 May 1908
13	John Bull	6 May 1908	5 May 1909
	Rev. Charles Jordan, 4th time	5 May 1909	4 May 1910
	John Bull, 2nd time	4 May 1910	3 May 1911
	Rev. Charles Jordan, 5th time	3 May 1911	6 May 1912
14	Benjamin Conrad "Cockie" Robbins	6 May 1912	5 May 1915
15	Charles Edward Macmillan Charles MacMillan Charles Edward de la Barca MacMillan was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister in the Liberal-Reform coalition government Charles Edward de la Barca MacMillan (1872–1941) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister in...	5 May 1915	2 May 1917
16	John Cuthbert Adams	2 May 1917	12 May 1919
17	Bradshaw Dive Bradshaw Dive Bradshaw Dive was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was elected to the Egmont electorate in the 1908 general election, but was defeated in 1911. He later served as Mayor of Tauranga.-References:...	12 May 1919	9 May 1929
	Benjamin Conrad "Cockie" Robbins, 2nd time	9 May 1929	11 May 1933
18	Alfred Francis Daly Tunks	11 May 1933	16 May 1935
19	Lionel Roberts Wilkinson	16 May 1935	22 November 1950
20	William Edward Barnard Bill Barnard William Edward Barnard CBE was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of Parliament from 1928 until 1943, and was its Speaker from 1936 till 1943. He was known for his association with John A. Lee, a prominent left-wing politician.-Early life:Barnard was born in Carterton, a town in the...	22 November 1950	21 October 1952
	Lionel Roberts Wilkinson, 2nd time	28 October 1952	28 November 1956
21	David Sceptre Mitchell	28 November 1956	29 October 1968
22	Sir Robert Arthur "Bob" Owens	29 October 1968	25 October 1977
23	Eric Lees Faulkner	25 October 1977	22 October 1980
24	Raymond Francis Dillon	22 October 1980	8 October 1983
25	Noel Frank Pope	8 October 1983	14 October 1989
26	Keith "Nobby" Clarke	14 October 1989	14 October 1995
	Noel Frank Pope, 2nd time	14 October 1995	13 October 2001
27	Janette Frances "Jan" Beange	13 October 2001	9 October 2004
28	Stuart Crosby Stuart Crosby Stuart Crosby is the current Mayor of the city of Tauranga, New Zealand.He officially assumed office on 9 October 2004, and has been re-elected to mayor and has served two terms.-References:...	9 October 2004	present

2007 election

New Zealand local elections, 2007

Triennial elections for all 73 cities, districts, twelve Regional Councils and all District Health Boards in New Zealand were held on 13 October 2007...

2007 local body elections New Zealand local elections, 2007 Triennial elections for all 73 cities, districts, twelve Regional Councils and all District Health Boards in New Zealand were held on 13 October 2007... : Mayor of Tauranga
Candidate	Votes	%
Stuart Crosby	15,089	44.63
Murray Guy	7,697	22.77
Bill Faulkner	5,596	16.55
Mike Baker	3,271	9.68
John Robson	625	1.85
Hori Tunnels	449	1.33
Jim Smylie	384	1.14
Informal votes	73	0.22
Blank ballots	624	1.85
Majority	7,392	21.86
Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...	33,808	43.9
Stuart Crosby Stuart Crosby Stuart Crosby is the current Mayor of the city of Tauranga, New Zealand.He officially assumed office on 9 October 2004, and has been re-elected to mayor and has served two terms.-References:... hold