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The Palmerston North City Council is the territorial authority for the city of Palmerston North in New Zealand. The council is made up of a mayor elected at-large and 15 councillors, with 13 elected from a city-wide general ward (Te Hirawanui Ward) and 2 from a city-wide Māori ward (Te Pūao Ward).
The first elections on 9 August 1877 returned a council with nine members, including George Snelson as the first mayor. Snelson is regarded as the founding father of Palmerston North. [4] On 1 August 1930, Palmerston North was officially gazetted as a city, the 7th settlement in New Zealand to have reached the then-threshold of 20,000 inhabitants.
Grant Charles Smith [1] is the 29th mayor of Palmerston North, New Zealand. He was first elected to the Palmerston North City Council in 2013, and was elected as mayor in the February 2015 by-election when Jono Naylor resigned. [2] He then won the 2016 election with around 17,500 more votes than his only rival. [3] He was re-elected in 2022. [4]
Elected members of Palmerston North City Council. Pages in category "Palmerston North City Councillors" ... This page was last edited on 16 December 2019, ...
Palmerston North is the seat of the council. For electoral and regional representation purposes, Palmerston North City constitutes the Palmerston North constituency and is represented by 4 councillors: Palmerston North Constituency Councillors as at the 2019 election: Wiremu Te Awe Awe; Jono Naylor; Fiona Gordon; Rachel Keedwell
The Palmerston North City Library is branded as "The Living Room of the City" [1] and exists "To inspire people to explore the pathways of the world – Te Ara Whanui o Te Ao". [2] It serves the city through a variety of collections that include books, magazines, CDs, DVDs and electronic resources.
Official council website 2014 campaign website Jonathan Mark Naylor (born 1966), [ 1 ] commonly known as Jono Naylor , is a New Zealand politician from Palmerston North . He was Mayor of Palmerston North from 2007 until 2014, when he was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2014 election as a list MP for the National Party .
He was first elected to the Palmerston North City Council in 2010, and was re-elected in 2013. [9] In 2015 he unsuccessfully ran for Mayor, coming second behind Grant Smith. [10] He was re-elected to the City Council in 2016 [11] and in 2019 was re-elected as the city's highest polling city councillor. [12] In 2016 he was appointed as deputy ...