Mayor of Rotorua

The mayor of Rotorua officiates over the Rotorua Lakes District of New Zealand, which is administered by the Rotorua Lakes Council. An elected borough council first came together in February 1923; prior to that, the area had effectively been under government control.^[1] Rotorua has had 15 mayors as of 2022, and the current mayor is Tania Tapsell.^[2]

Mayor of Rotorua
Coat of arms of Rotorua
Incumbent Tania Tapsell since 21 October 2022
Style	Mayor
Appointer	Elected
Formation	1923
Salary	$159,679
Website	https://rotorualakescouncil.nz

List of office holders

	Name	Portrait	Term
1	Cecil Clinkard		1923–1927
2	Thomas McDowell		1927–1928
3	John N. McLean		1928–1929
4	Thomas Jackson		1929–1941
5	Harry D. Dansey		1941–1942
6	Prentice A. Kusabs		1942–1947
7	Alexander Moncur		1947–1953
8	Murray Linton[3]		1953–1971
9	Ray Boord		1971–1977
10	Ray Woolliams[4]		1977–1979
11	John Keaney[5]		1979–1993
12	Grahame Hall[6]		1993–2004
13	Kevin Winters[7]		2004–2013
14	Steve Chadwick[8]		2013–2022
15	Tania Tapsell		2022–present

Members of Parliament

Four mayors have also been Members of Parliament, and all of them represented the Rotorua electorate (the years in brackets give their term in Parliament):

• Cecil Clinkard (1928–1935)
• Alexander Moncur (1935–1943)
• Ray Boord (1954–1960)
• Steve Chadwick (1999–2011)