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The 1941 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1941, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington and fifteen city councillors plus seats on the Wellington Hospital Board and Wellington Harbour Board.
Wellington City Council Te Kaunihera o Pōneke Type Type City council of Wellington Leadership Mayor Tory Whanau, Green Deputy Mayor Laurie Foon, Green CEO Barbara McKerrow Structure Seats 16 [a] Political groups Labour (4) Green (3) Independent (9) Elections Voting system STV Last election 8 October 2022 Next election 11 October 2025 Meeting place Ngake, Level 16, 113 The Terrace, Wellington ...
Under the Remuneration Authority Act 1977 and clauses 6 and 7A of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002, pay rates for members of local bodies are set each year by the Remuneration Authority. In 2021 the annual salary scales ranged from $296,000 for the Mayor of Auckland to $2,030 for members of several community boards. [61]
Lester stood as a Labour Party candidate for the Wellington City Council in the 2010 Wellington local elections and was elected for the Northern ward. [9] [10] A first-time candidate, Lester received the most votes of the seven candidates for that ward and defeated incumbent Hayley Wain. [10]
The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of the City of Wellington. The mayor presides over the Wellington City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation. The current mayor is Tory Whanau, elected in October 2022 for a three-year-term.
During the period from 2019 to March 2022, Wellington City Council received more than $800,000 from fines for overdue books, and when the new policy was put into place the council wiped over $500,000 of current fines from patrons' accounts. [33] A survey conducted almost a year after the change found that more people were using the library. [34]
Spokane Valley: Effective April 2022, the mayor of Spokane Valley receives a monthly salary of $2,250, or $27,000 annually, according to that city’s website. Each council member gets $1,800 ...
The Rates Reform ticket debuted to challenge the long established council duopoly between the Labour and Citizens' tickets. Founded in early 1979, the Rates Reform group accused local bodies of excessive spending and wanted a cessation to rates increases funded by cutting services and council staff. [ 1 ]