Mayor of Southland District


The mayor of Southland officiates over the Southland District Council. The mayor is directly elected using the first-past-the-post electoral system. The current mayor is Rob Scott, who was elected in 2022.

History

Southland District was established as part of the 1989 local government amalgamation. Frana Cardno joined the Southland District as a councillor in 1989, before being elected mayor in 1992. She retired from that role in October 2013 prior to that year's local elections, and was New Zealand's longest-serving female mayor ever.

List of office holders

Southland District has had four mayors:
NamePortraitTerm
1John Casey1989–1992
2Frana Cardno1992–2013
3Gary Tong2013–2022
4Rob Scott2022–present