Editing Motueka (section)

====List of mayors====
The Motueka Borough Council was headed by a mayor from 1900 until 1989. The following is an incomplete list of officeholders:

{| class="wikitable" 
!
! Name
! Term of office
! Notes
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| align=center | 1
| [[Richmond Hursthouse]]
| 1900–1902
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19000109.2.10 |title=Borough of Motueka |date=9 January 1900 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=2 |volume=34 |issue=7 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 2
| John Stuart Wratt
| 1902–1904
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MOST19020502.2.5 |title=Mayoral election |date=2 May 1902 |work=Motueka Star |page=3 |volume=2 |issue=75 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19040425.2.7 |title=Summary notes |date=25 April 1904 |work=The Colonist |page=2 |volume=46 |issue=11009 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 3
| Robert William Hammond Rankin
| 1904
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19041101.2.9 |title=Death of Mr. R. W. H. Rankin |date=1 November 1904 |work=The Colonist |page=2 |volume=47 |issue=11172 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 4
| Frederick William Thorp
| 1904–1911
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZMAIL19041116.2.73.20 |title=Motueka |date=16 November 1904 |work=New Zealand Mail |page=30 |issue=1707 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19110920.2.48.16 |title=Obituary: Mr. F. W. Thorp, Motueka |date=20 September 1911 |work=The Colonist |page=5 (supplement) |volume=53 |issue=13216 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 5
| Charles Edward Lowe
| 1911–1912
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19110831.2.14 |title=News of the day |date=31 August 1911 |work=The Colonist |page=2 |volume=53 |issue=13199 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | (2)
| John Stuart Wratt
| 1912
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19120425.2.46.21 |title=Richmond and Motueka |date=25 April 1912 |work=[[The Press]] |page=7 |volume=68 |issue=14338 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 6
| Michael Simpson
| 1912–1914
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19121223.2.15 |title=Local and general |date=23 December 1912 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=4 |volume=47 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 7
| Percy George Moffatt
| 1914–1915
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19140430.2.7 |title=Municipal elections |date=30 April 1914 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |page=4 |issue=16061 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | (5)
| Charles Edward Lowe
| 1915–1916
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19150420.2.20 |title=Local elections |date=20 April 1915 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=4 |volume=48 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | (6)
| Michael Simpson
| 1916
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19160512.2.33 |title=Mr. M. Simpson elected mayor |date=12 May 1916 |work=The Colonist |page=6 |volume=57 |issue=14174 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 8
| James Alfred Wallace
| 1916–1921
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19161018.2.40.15.1 |title=Mr Jas. A. Wallace elected mayor |date=18 October 1916 |work=The Colonist |page=9 (supplement) |volume=57 |issue=14219 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 9
| James Archie McGlashen
| 1921–1925
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19420919.2.25 |title=Obituary: MR J. A. McGlashen |date=19 September 1942 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=2 |volume=77 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 10
| Daniel Willis Talbot
| 1925–1927
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19250509.2.14 |title=Motueka: mayor sworn in |date=9 May 1925 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=3 |volume=56 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | (8)
| James Alfred Wallace
| 1927–1929
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19270428.2.49 |title=The elections |date=28 April 1927 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=5 |volume=61 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 11
| Sidney Palmer Clay
| 1929–1931
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19290503.2.125 |title=Nelson news: the local body polls |date=3 May 1929 |work=Evening Post |page=11 |volume=107 |issue=101 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19310507.2.34 |title=The elections |date=7 May 1931 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=5 |volume=64 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 12
| Rupert James Leslie York
| 1931–1940
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19401209.2.29 |title=Obituary: Mr R. J. L. York |date=9 December 1940 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=4 |volume=73 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 13
| Samuel Ewart Hulbert
| 1940–1941
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19401214.2.16.1 |title=Special meeting: election of mayor |date=14 December 1940 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=3 |volume=73 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19410520.2.40 |title=The elections |date=20 May 1941 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |page=6 |issue=24611 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 14
| Walter James Eginton
| 1941–1959
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19591123.2.82 |title=Citizens' victories in most centres |date=23 November 1959 |work=[[The Press]] |page=12 |volume=98 |issue=29059 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 15
| Herbert Henry Thomason
| 1959–1968
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19700613.2.3 |title=Four new knights include P.M. |date=13 June 1970 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 |volume=110 |issue=32322 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 16
| Lawrence John Krammer
| 1968–1974
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19681014.2.15 |title=Sitting mayors beaten in Auckland, Dunedin |date=14 October 1968 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 |volume=108 |issue=31809 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=220}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 17
| David Kennedy
| 1974–1983
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19750919.2.6 |title=Town clerk likely to sue |date=19 September 1975 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 |volume=115 |issue=33952 |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tasman.govt.nz/document/serve/Minutes%20MMCB10-03-09.pdf?DocID=30185 |title=Minutes: Motueka Community Board |date=9 March 2010 |publisher=Tasman District Council |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref>
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| colspan=4 | 
|-
| align=center | 
| Claude Teece
| −1989
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/guardian-motueka/docs/1_april_2015/10 |title=Rotary awards |date=1 April 2015 |work=The Guardian Motueka, Tasman & Golden Bay |page=10 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/waimea-weekly/docs/19_december_2018_-_ww |title=100 years and counting |date=19 December 2018 |first=Amy |last=Russ |work=Waimea Weekly |page=8 |access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref>
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