Mayor of Thames-Coromandel


The mayor of Thames-Coromandel is the elected head of local government in the Thames-Coromandel District of New Zealand's North Island; one of 67 mayors in the country. The mayor is based in the town of Thames. The mayor presides over the Thames-Coromandel District Council and is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method
The current mayor is Peter Revell, first elected in October 2025 during that year's local elections.
The office has existed since 1975, when the Thames Borough and the Coromandel County were amalgamated. Philippa Barriball was the first female mayor when she was elected in 2004.

List of office holders

There have been ten mayors of Thames-Coromandel. The following is a complete list:
NamePortraitTerm
1Henry Kennedy1975–1977
2Leonard Braddock1977–1983
3John Campbell1983–1989
4Alasdair Thompson1989–1998
5Chris Lux1998–2004
6Philippa Barriball2004–2010
7Glenn Leach2010–2016
8Sandra Goudie2016–2022
9Len Salt2022–2025
10Peter Revell2025–present

Deputy mayors