Mayor of Stratford, New Zealand

The mayor of Stratford officiates over the Stratford District Council. The mayor is elected directly using the first-past-the-post electoral system.
The current mayor is Neil Volzke. Volzke was first elected as mayor in a 2009 by-election following the death of previous mayor John Edwards.

History

The first Stratford Town Board was formed in 1882. The Stratford County Council was formed in 1890, and the Stratford Borough Council was formed on 22 July 1898. The county and borough councils amalgamated on 1 April 1989 to form the Stratford District Council, which was reconstituted on 1 November 1989 as part of the 1989 [New Zealand local government reforms|nationwide restructure in local government].

List of mayors of Stratford

Stratford has had 24 mayors:

List of deputy mayors of Stratford