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

Mayor of Thames-Coromandel
Incumbent Len Salt since 2022
Style	His/Her Worship
Seat	Thames
Term length	3 years, renewable
Formation	1975
First holder	Henry Kennedy
Deputy	Terry Walker
Salary	$141,188[1]
Website	Official website

The current mayor is Len Salt, first elected in October 2022 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.^[2]

List of office holders

There have been nine mayors of Thames-Coromandel. The following is a complete list:

	Name	Portrait	Term[3]
1	Henry Kennedy		1975–1977
2	Leonard Braddock		1977–1983
3	John Campbell		1983–1989
4	Alasdair Thompson[4][5]		1989–1998
5	Chris Lux[6]		1998–2004
6	Philippa Barriball[7][8]		2004–2010
7	Glenn Leach[9]		2010–2016
8	Sandra Goudie[10]		2016–2022
9	Len Salt[11]		2022–present

Deputy mayors

Name	Term	Mayor
Bruce Scott	1992–1995	Thompson
Philippa Barriball	2001–2004	Lux
Adrian Catran	2004–2010	Barriball
Peter French	2010–2016	Leach
Tony Brljevich	2016–2022	Goudie
Terry Walker	2022–present	Salt